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Last week, the EU sought help in the US to try and give its vaccine rollout some momentum after controversy over the AstraZeneca jab. The Anglo-Swedish company slashed the amount of doses it would deliver to the EU earlier this year, leading to a tense political row. In January, French President Emmanuel Macron falsely claimed the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was quasi-ineffective for over-65s, hours before it was approved by regulators for use on all adults in the EU. But ta