| UPDATED: 18:59, Wed, Mar 17, 2021
Link copied
Sign up for our columnists plus the most commented stories driving conversation
SUBSCRIBE Invalid email
When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters.
Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer.
Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights.
You can unsubscribe at any time.
The vaccine rollout throughout the EU has stumbled, leaving the bloc trailing far behind several other nations - including the departing UK - in terms of the number and proportion of people to receive a vaccine. The European Union rate of vaccine doses administered per 100 people stands at just 11.81, according to rolling data on the Our World In Data website, compared to the UK's rate of 39.04. But the vaccine row hit new heights on Wednesday when Commission President Ursula von der Leyen threatened to block the export of coronavirus vaccines to the UK, criticising AstraZeneca for having "underproduced and underdelivered" to the bloc.