Thats a lame excuse they say there is a clear commitment and that is why they hope the company will publish the this particular contract today for everyone to see that the promises that have been made to the e. U. Are unfulfilled so that the e. U. Not know that the u. K. Would have priority and is was the lack of Due Diligence on the on the use part or should i have told them. There from from the perspective of the e. U. There is a lack of information though the key issue for them is that if you cut the vaccine supply that was promised by contract by more than half by 60 percent you need to come up with some some really good reasons for that and those reasons have been given apparently there is a problem in the supply chain on the european side in effect 3 in belgium but from the perspective of the e. U. Arsenic as a club a company theyre producing as far away as india and if they have supply problems that bug needs to be shared by all the countries that they are at handing out their v
See the European Union has spent hundreds of millions of euros in advance even before approval from the European Medicines Agency so that a vaccine can be produced so the moment it is approved it is there to be vaccinators so but thats also part of the problem astras is supplying vaccine to the United Kingdom isnt it. Exactly and the argument of the European Commission is that stress anika is a close call company that is producing not only in the e. U. But also in the u. K. Also in india and that supply chain problems must then affect all those countries that are buying vaccines and europe is the biggest customer and it cant be that its just europe that is carrying the burden just because the supply chain problem appears to be in a belgian factory but both are strong and the e. U. Have said its states in the contract that they respectively were right and now the redacted version of the contract that you have in front of you still doesnt shed any light on the core issues here why do you
Tracking to make sure infected people stay home we put that idea up for debate. I give g. P. S. Tracking is for the stand up for implementation in time anyway weve got to get back to work weve got to get back to what not to do so we dont get to come back jim if we let this continue but im worried that we still are not lots of monkeys was he going to get out of this quickly and the way to do it is to keep these restrictions going get people vaccinated. Youre watching our 2 International Coming to you live from the russian capital where its just turned 5 pm welcome to the program. The simmering spat over covered Vaccine Supplies has seen the European Commission a publish its contested contract with endless swedish drugs maker zeneca their disagreeing over definitions the firm. Says its hearing to the specified best reasonable efforts the insists the supply of volume is a binding number however you members are about to decide whether nations should be able to ring fence their own local pr
Has just introduced a control mechanism for companies producing vaccines tell us a little bit more about that if you want its a bit of a warning shot for other companies and pfizer of biotech is also a company that has suddenly confronted the u. S. Supply a problem so what the use is has introduced is a mechanism whereby companies a you can track now to what extent companies are exporting vaccines that are being produced inside the e. U. The u. S. Made clear today this is only an insurance policy they do not want to get involved into any sort of vaccine protectionism or to export bounce but it is clear that they are flexing their muscles to show those tech or from a suitable dions that they do mean business here. Georg not as in brussels for us thank you so much. The astra zeneca vaccine is one of 3 being used as part of britains vaccination drive the country has one of the highest death tolls in the world but as we have heard it is also making more progress than many other countries e
Code phrase how these at near record levels all the government considers using g. P. S. Tracking to make sure that the people city home is but that idea for the big. Guy give g. P. S. Tracking people is for the 1st time for implementation in time the way weve got to get back to what weve got to get back to what not to do so you dont get to come back if we let this continue much longer im worried that were. Still not. Going to get out of this quickly and the way to do it is to keep these restrictions going to get people back so. Youre watching our 2 International Coming to you live from the russian capital this every hour welcome to the program. European unity over securing coded vaccines appears to be splintering further a meeting between you members is deciding whether nations should be able to ringfence local production and curtail exports after brussels fell out with britain over getting enough to us as of the astra zeneca vaccine sent across. Explains. This ra is really heating up