UK warns EU Covid-19 vaccine export ban would be ‘counter-productive’ | Malay Mail

  • 📰 malaymail
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 36 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 18%
  • Publisher: 86%

Malaysia Headlines News

Malaysia Latest News,Malaysia Headlines

LONDON, March 21 — Britain on Sunday warned the European Union against halting exports of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccines if the bloc did not receive promised deliveries first, saying the move would be “counter-productive”. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said “the world is watching” how...

Sunday, 21 Mar 2021 08:34 PM MYT

His comments follow EU chief Ursula von der Leyen again threatening yesterday to impose an export ban on the AstraZeneca vaccine unless the company delivers more of the 90 million doses it agreed to supply in the first quarter of 2021. “They would undermine not only their own citizens’ chances of having a proper vaccine programme, but also many other countries around the world with the reputational damage for the EU which they would find very hard to change over the short-term.”The ongoing cross-Channel row over the AstraZeneca vaccine comes as Britain’s inoculation campaign hits new heights, while the EU struggles with its own rollout and a third virus wave prompts renewed curbs on public life.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 1. in MY

Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.