new: UK health minster #MattHancock announces that a #Covid19 vaccine being developed at Oxford uni will be formally trialled from this Thursday
#coronavirus #CoronaCrisisuk #f24
#coronavirus #CoronaCrisisuk #f24
Hancock denies that UK declining to join EU PPE joint procurement scheme was a political decision
- contrary to statement earlier by Sir Simon McDonald, permanent under-secretary at UK's Foreign Office
Also says UK has now joined scheme
#coronavirus #coronavirusuk #EUcoronavirus
- contrary to statement earlier by Sir Simon McDonald, permanent under-secretary at UK's Foreign Office
Also says UK has now joined scheme
#coronavirus #coronavirusuk #EUcoronavirus
UK Health Sec @MattHancock said earlier the UK *has* joined EU joint procurement of #PPE...
Not so, says EU Commission spokesman @SKeersmaecker -tonight telling me UK govt *hasn’t* joined any of the EU joint procurement schemes set up amid #coronavirus response- see screenshot👇🏻
Not so, says EU Commission spokesman @SKeersmaecker -tonight telling me UK govt *hasn’t* joined any of the EU joint procurement schemes set up amid #coronavirus response- see screenshot👇🏻
here's video of EU Commission spokesman @SKeersmaecker a few min ago, reconfirming the position that the UK
"had ample opportunity to express its wish to participate in joint procurement if it wanted. As for why it did not participate? We cannot comment."
audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/video/I-189…
"had ample opportunity to express its wish to participate in joint procurement if it wanted. As for why it did not participate? We cannot comment."
audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/video/I-189…
