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EU approves Astrazeneca vaccine for all over-18s
The EU drugs regulator has approved the use of the Astrazeneca Covid vaccine for all people over the age of 18.
The green light from the European Medicines Agency means Astrazeneca vaccine is the third to be approved by the EU, after those developed by Pfizer/Biontech and Moderna.
The move follows an increasingly bitter dispute between the Anglo-Swedish firm and the EU over claims it has broken its vaccine delivery commitments to the bloc.
Astrazeneca last week said it would cut back its original order pledge to the EU by 60 per cent following production issues at its European plants.
EU rows back on Irish border vaccine controls
The European Union amended its controversial measures seeking to limit exports to Northern Ireland on Friday evening.
The bloc had moved to restrict exports of vaccines into Northern Ireland by overriding parts of the Brexit deal, sparking widespread anger from politicians in Belfast, after an escalation in the vaccine row.
Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster described the move as “an incredible act of hostility” by the EU to invoke Article 16 of the Northern Irish Protocol, which allows Britain or the EU to take unilateral action if there is an unexpected negative effect arising from the agreement.
Hundreds of new vaccination sites are due to be running this week as the NHS ramps up its immunisation programme with the Oxford University and AstraZeneca jab.