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The vaccine rollout throughout the EU has stumbled, leaving the bloc trailing far behind several other nations - including the departing UK - in terms of the number and proportion of people to receive a vaccine. The European Union rate of vaccine doses administered per 100 people stands at just 11.81, according to rolling data on the Our World In Data website, compared to the UK s rate of 39.04. But the vaccine row hit new heights on Wednesday when Commission President Ursula von der Leyen threatened to block the export of coronavir
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