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Eu­rope mulls halt­ing Covid-19 vac­cine ex­ports to some coun­tries

With the rise of an­oth­er wave of Covid-19 cas­es across Eu­rope and the in­creas­ing pen­e­tra­tion of vi­ral vari­ants, Eu­ro­pean Com­mis­sion Pres­i­dent Ur­su­la von der Leyen said Wednes­day morn­ing that the EU may halt its vac­cine ex­ports to cer­tain coun­tries so that it can hun­ker down and fo­cus on vac­ci­nat­ing Eu­ro­peans.

“I want to be clear on reci­procity – if the sit­u­a­tion does not change, we will re­flect on whether to ex­port to coun­tries that are pro­duc­ing vac­cines, or for coun­tries with high­er vac­ci­na­tion rates than us,” von der Leyen said at a press con­fer­ence. “This is about mak­ing sure Eu­rope gets its fair share.”

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