EU to trigger ‘severe disruption to world vaccine rollout- same as it did with PPE horror Kate Nicholson
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The EU has been at the centre of an international row over vaccine supplies, having lashed out at the UK-based developer, AstraZeneca, for not delivering on the agreed quantities of jabs. AstraZeneca s initial contract with the bloc promised to provide 80 million jabs in the first three months of this year - however, following a production delay at a European plant, this number has plummeted to just 30 million. In retaliation, the bloc implemented an emergency Brexit measure to prevent any vaccines from crossing from the EU member state of Ireland into Northern Ireland, shocking the international community.
Germany s already-slow vaccine roll-out hit by supply issues after AstraZeneca said it was cutting deliveries
That prompted politicians to brief newspapers that the jab barely worked, before the claims were rubbished
EU and UK are now in a jab tug-of-war, with Germany threatening to block exports so it can get a fair share
Meanwhile anger is growing across the continent with slow pace of rollout, even as lockdowns are tightened
Japan is likely to achieve herd immunity to COVID-19 through mass inoculations only months after the planned Tokyo Olympics, even though it has locked in the biggest quantity of vaccines in Asia, according to a London-based forecaster.
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