Experts warn of hospitalisation surge if India variant spreads faster Sam Blanchard Deputy Health Editor For Mailonline A man walks out of a coronavirus testing site set up at St Mary s Church hall in the London borough of Hillingdon, England on May 14, 2021, as part of surge testing to monitor and suppress the spread of the Covid-19 variant first identified in India. - The Indian coronavirus variant has been detected in a number of areas in England which are reporting the highest rates of infection, data from Public Health England (PHE) suggests. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP) (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)
EU VAX DASH
EU in chaos as Hungary breaks ranks to grab its own Covid vaccine supplies from the UK and Russia
Nick Parker
Updated: 27 Jan 2021, 10:27
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THE EU was cracking up amid Covid vaccine chaos last night after desperate Hungary broke ranks to grab its own supplies - from the UK and Russia.
Brussels has insisted on negotiating for life-saving drugs on behalf of its 27 member states - with disastrous results which sparked shortages and distribution chaos. Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates
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But Hungarian leaders maddened by endless delays have now clinched a back door deal with Vladimir Putin to buy the Russian coronavirus vaccine, Sputnik V.
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DR Anthony Fauci has warned that Covid jabs might be useless against ominous mutant strains spilling out from South Africa and Brazil
America is in a race against mutant strains but Joe Biden s goal of delivering 100million doses of Covid vaccine over the first 100 days of his presidency is absolutely a doable thing, the expert added.
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Dr Anthony Fauci told Chuck Todd that experts are taking the mutant coronavirus strains really very seriously Credit: NBC News
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Health workers about to administer Pfizer Covid jabs at a new vaccination site in Harlem, New YorkCredit: AFP or licensors
The famous medical expert aired his concerns to Chuck Todd on Sunday while appearing on NBC s Meet The Press.