Covid-19 roundup: Facing supply delay, UK fires shot at Europe after EU threatens to ban AstraZeneca vaccine exports
In the wake of Brexit, lingering tension between Britain and the EU has only grown more pronounced with the bumpy rollout of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine. Now, the former member state is at odds with the continent over exports related to the shot.
European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen threatened on Wednesday to ban EU exports of Covid-19 vaccines to Britain in order to ensure member states had enough access, as the continent is seeing an emerging third wave of the virus and more than a dozen European nations suspended use of the AstraZeneca shot.
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