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ITALY has activated the European Union's vaccine export ban to block a shipment of life-saving jabs being sent to Australia.
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ITALY has activated the European Union's vaccine export ban to block a shipment of life-saving jabs being sent to Australia.
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The bloc has so far only managed to administer 33.3 million doses of coronavirus vaccines, just 7.5 percent of its 450-million population. In contrast, one in three British adults have received their first jab with the NHS delivering more than 20 million shots. Despite growing anger, the Commission launched a desperate defence of its bungled programme. A spokesman said: “It’s not that the strategy unravelled. Six EU states have broken away from the bloc's bungled vaccine scheme (Image: GETTY) Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has taken personal charge of the scheme (Image: GETTY...
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