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24 Mar, 10 tweets, 4 min read

💉 🚔 Italian authorities have raided a vaccine factory amid fears that 29 million AstraZeneca jabs meant for developing countries were hidden supplies intended for the UK

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📌 News reports in Italy said a European Commission investigation and a raid by Italian authorities had exposed the British-bound shipment.

But The Telegraph understands the doses at the "fill and finish" plant were due to be sent to European and developing countries

📦 British sources said they were not expecting any shipment from Italy.

EU officials have confirmed that many of the doses were destined for poorer nations
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💉 AstraZeneca said "13 million doses of vaccine waiting for quality control release to be dispatched ... to low-income countries."

"There are another 16 million doses waiting to be dispatched to Europe."

A spokesman confirmed that none were destined for Britain

➡️ It is not the first time AstraZeneca has suffered from disinformation during its prolonged row with the EU over supply shortfalls.

The jab was linked to blood clot fears, many nations suspended its use until the European Medicines Agency said it was "safe and effective"

📺 Watch: European Medicines Agency say AstraZeneca vaccine is "safe and effective"

💉 The UK, EU and AstraZeneca are locked in a dispute over vaccine supplies after the company delivered just 30% of the doses promised in its contract for the first quarter of 2021
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⛔️ Ursula von der Leyen demanded "reciprocity" from Britain after she said the EU sent it 10 million vaccines over the past six weeks, mostly Pfizer, but the UK had exported no jabs to the bloc.

She threatened to block millions of doses claimed by Britain from AstraZeneca

🧑‍⚖️The Telegraph understands the European Commission rejected pleas from the UK and AstraZeneca for trilateral talks on resolving the stand-off.

Brussels blamed legal action it has started against AstraZeneca for refusing the negotiations
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…

📌📦Brussels will push ahead with plans to block shipments of coronavirus vaccines to the UK and launch new rules targeting countries with high vaccination rates and low exports of jabs
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