The European Union (EU) Executive Chairman Ursula Pon der Raien is showing a confident gesture while holding a press conference on Corona 19 response after meeting with 28 executive subcommittee chairs (commissioners) from the EU headquarters on the 17th. Brussels = AP Newsis
The European Union (EU) and the UK faced again over the issue of shortage of vaccines for the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19). The EU threatened to ban the export of vaccines to the UK for its member nations’ citizens, and the UK protested, saying, “This is a cliff-end tactic used by non-democratic countries.”
According to Reuters news agency, on the 17th (local time), EU Commissioner Urzula von der Reien said, “We are waiting for the vaccine to come from the UK.” “If this situation does not change, exports to countries with higher inoculation rates than ours will be We will reconsider whether it is balanced,” he said of the export ban. The EU’s overall corona19 death toll exceeded 550,000 and the average vaccination rate was only 10%. In recent years, as more and more countries temporarily suspend vaccination as cases of side effects of blood clots after vaccination of AstraZeneca vaccination have increased, the entire EU is having great difficulty in vaccination.
Chairman Pon der Rayen aimed openly at England. The US vaccine is being imported to the EU smoothly, but the supply of AstraZeneca vaccine from the UK has caused a disruption in the EU’s vaccination plan. On the other hand, the EU production volume of 10 million DOS went to the UK, criticizing the imbalance of imports and exports between the two countries. “We are at a threat of the century,” said Chairman Ponderrayen. “With the onset of a tertiary pandemic in member states, we need to speed up vaccination.”
Earlier, from January 30 this year, the EU put restrictions on pharmaceutical companies to obtain approval from member states when exporting EU generic vaccines outside the region. The Italian government has also been criticized by the international community for blocking the export of AstraZeneca vaccine to Australia.
The UK is in a position to be excited by the EU’s strong attitude. “It is a contract to bring the vaccine from the EU to the UK”, he stressed that there is no problem and that the supply should continue. British Foreign Minister Dominic Rab said, “Since the coronavirus outbreak, we have been saying that we should not reduce or disrupt legal supply contracts,” he said. “I hope that legally concluded contracts will be respected and supply will continue to be guaranteed.” “Honestly, it’s amazing that we’re having this conversation,” said Rab. “It’s the UK and Europe that have to team up against the EU when normally undemocratic countries use the edge of the cliff tactics,” he criticized the EU.
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