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Health Minister Vaughan Gething says all NHS and care staff in Wales will get a £735 bonus
Mr Gething also reiterated the safety of the Astra Zeneca vaccine despite the controversy in Europe about blood clots
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Wales health minister Vaughan Gething has announced that all NHS and care staff in Wales will get a £735 bonus to thank them for their work during the pandemic.
He made the announcement at the Welsh Government s press briefing at 12.15pm in Cathays Park. More than 220,000 people will get the payments next month. After tax and NI deductions, most people will receive £500.
Covid-19: EU warns UK over vaccine exports
By Chris Morris
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Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, has said that if Covid vaccine supplies in Europe do not improve, the EU will reflect whether exports to countries who have higher vaccination rates than us are still proportionate .
Post-Brexit disagreements between the EU and the UK have been heightened by the diplomatic row over the export of the vaccines.
The European Council president, Charles Michel, claimed last week that the UK had imposed an outright ban on the export of vaccines and their components - there is no ban though, and his claim was dismissed by the government as completely false .
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