Toxic rumours. Bungling politicians. And jab centres lying empty while Covid cases soar: Germany is losing the vaccine war. and the EU will pay the price, says GUY ADAMS
Despite a year of on-off lockdowns and hundreds of thousands of deaths, there is what Angela Merkel called ‘an acceptance problem’ within Europe
Germany has only administer just 187,000 of the 1.5 million doses of the Oxford vaccine in its possession, according to figures which were released this week
By Reuters Staff
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FILE PHOTO: Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a news conference with European Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa and European Parliament President David Sassoli (not pictured), in Brussels, Belgium February 12, 2021. REUTERS/Johanna Geron
BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Union’s most senior administrator said she would happily receive AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine as officials rushed to find ways of ensuring doses refused by skittish Germans did not go to waste.
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen’s remarks came amid growing concerns that unfavourable comments by top European officials including French President Emmanuel Macron had slowed take-up of one of only three vaccines currently approved EU-wide.
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