Governor Martyn Roper gets his second shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday morning. - Photo: GIS
Hours before Cayman’s second batch of COVID-19 vaccines was due to arrive at Owen Roberts International Airport on Thursday, the Governor’s Office said it was hopeful that the future supply of vaccines would not be disrupted by an ongoing row between the European Union and the UK over distribution of the inoculations.
In a statement issued to the
Cayman Compass in response to queries about the potential impact the EU’s threats to stop exports of the vaccines could have on Cayman, the Governor’s Office said, “The UK takes seriously its responsibilities to the overseas territories and has committed to supply us with a proportionate share of the vaccines that it procures.
Publishing date: Jan 28, 2021 • January 28, 2021 • 3 minute read •
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LONDON/BRUSSELS Europe’s fight to secure COVID-19 vaccine supplies intensified on Thursday when the European Union said it would tighten oversight of exports after a row with AstraZeneca and Britain demanded that it receive all the shots it paid for.
The EU, whose member states are far behind Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States in rolling out vaccines, is scrambling to get supplies just as the West’s biggest drugmakers slow deliveries to the bloc due to production problems.
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Published Thursday, January 28, 2021 7:31AM EST LONDON, Jan 28 (Reuters) Europe s fight to secure COVID-19 vaccine supplies sharpened on Thursday when Britain demanded that it receive all the shots it paid for after the European Union asked AstraZeneca to divert supplies from the UK. The EU, whose member states are far behind Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States in rolling out vaccines, is scrambling to get supplies just as the West s biggest drugmakers slow deliveries to the bloc due to production problems. As vaccination centers in Germany and France canceled or delayed appointments, the EU publicly rebuked Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca for failing to deliver even though the vaccine has not yet been approved by the bloc.
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BRUSSELS Europe’s fight to secure COVID-19 vaccine supplies intensified on Thursday when the European Union warned drug companies such as AstraZeneca that it would use all legal means or even block exports unless they agreed to deliver shots as promised.
The EU, whose member states are far behind Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States in rolling out vaccines, is scrambling to get supplies just as the West’s biggest drugmakers slow deliveries to the bloc due to production problems.
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Europe’s fight to secure COVID-19 vaccine supplies sharpened on Thursday when Britain demanded that it receive all the shots it paid for after the European Union asked AstraZeneca to divert supplies from the U.K.
The EU, whose member states are far behind Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States in rolling out vaccines, is scrambling to get supplies just as the West’s biggest drugmakers slow deliveries to the bloc due to production problems.
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