Diplomats speculate that it may want French companies to play a bigger part in the vaccine production
Reuters
May 07, 2021
Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are pictured in a vaccination center as part of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccination campaign in Geneva, Switzerland February 3, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS
France is delaying a European Union order for 1.8 billion doses of the BioNTech/Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine planned for the next two years, Germany s Die Welt daily newspaper reported on Friday, citing EU diplomats.
The paper said it was unclear what the reason was for hesitation from Paris, but diplomats had speculated that it might want French companies to play a bigger part in the vaccine production.
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Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland February 28, 2020. Reuters pic
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