💉 Europe #vaccines update: Several EU countries including #Germany, #France, #Poland & #Sweden have announced they will avoid giving the #AstraZeneca vaccine to people over 65, citing a lack of data on its safety and efficacy for them.
Belgium has set the threshold at 55.
Belgium has set the threshold at 55.
🇪🇺 President @vonderleyen told MEPs yesterday she accepts “full responsibility” for the #Article16 screw-up on Friday, according to people in the room.
She said the EU's joint procurement strategy and waiting for EMA conditional approval is the right one to avoid #VaccineWars.
She said the EU's joint procurement strategy and waiting for EMA conditional approval is the right one to avoid #VaccineWars.
📩 Ahead of a meeting with member states today, VDL & the PM of Portugal (which holds rotating presidency) have written a letter to governments acknowledging that the EU's vaccine roll-out has been "challenging and sensitive".
They defended the new export transparency mechanism.
They defended the new export transparency mechanism.
🛳️ VDL & PM Costa note that “more than 80% of vaccine doses produced by the major R&D-led pharmaceutical companies are produced in Europe”.
They said EU must have "a clear picture of where this production is delivered to" and EU "should deploy all means necessary" to meet needs.
They said EU must have "a clear picture of where this production is delivered to" and EU "should deploy all means necessary" to meet needs.
🇮🇹 Meanwhile, it is an oddity that the only government to have fallen after its #CoronaVirus response is in #Italy, the country that has fully vaccinated (2 doses) more people than anyone else in Europe.
And Italy is among the lowest new Covid cases in Europe.
And Italy is among the lowest new Covid cases in Europe.
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