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 that and the weekend forecast. Weve been dying to get out for a little walk, kari. Its been rough. Yeah. We can do that now that the sun has come back out. And we can see from our live camera from san jose, its be a beautiful morning now. Few lingering showers outside the sacramento valley, widening out the view to see what else is out there, the next storm is right there off our coast and will be moving in, starting in the north bay by tomorrow. So, as we look at how much rain we measured, this was huge. A lot of us got more rain with this one storm than we did all season long up to this point. And getting over 10 inches of rain at the santa cruz summit. Morgan hill from this one storm reaching six inches of rain. Fremont, redwood city, reacing over two inches of rain. Were seeing two inc san jose. Oakley reaching over 2 inches of rain. So now that we are getting a chance to let all of that soak in, temperatures are still pretty cool. And were going to only see it reach into
Where this vaccine has been used already for weeks and also in all age groups because the main question here in amsterdam is is there going to be a limit to the age group of 65. 00 plus because the german Vaccine Committee already yesterday sad theres not enough Data Available for these attacks seem trials to show that this vaccine efficient for the age group meanwhile u. S. Drug firm johnson and johnson is expected to apply for emergency use authorization for its vaccine in the u. S. Next week they say its single dose job appears to be a cli 66 percent effective in preventing coronavirus the dutch court of appeals has ruled the Oil Giant Shell bust by a compensation to a group of nigerian farmers they choose the company of destroying their fishing villages as a result of 3 or all spills. Military is refusing to rule out the possibility of a coup in the aftermath of last years election. Governing party won a majority of seats in parliament the army says it may take action if its compla
Saying rich nations need to show solidarity towards the global south face the consequences. Plus the game stop friends ends the week with fuel thats outrage on small investors also on line growth has restricted the buying of the companys shares so what will happen next in this wild ride on wall street. Has welcome to the show the president of the year European Commission also a fund a line has urged Pharma Company astra zeneca to stick by its commitments to supply the e. U. With its covert 900. 00 vaccine comments come after the british swedish firm said it was cutting the number of doses for the e. U. By 60 percent because of production problems. The drugmaker also said it was not contractually obliged to deliver on the line said the contract is quote Crystal Clear the controversy comes as the bloc faces pressure with many countries countries failing to meet their vaccination targets. Other w. s correspondent mark martins joins us now from brussels hes following this ongoing story the