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EU Commission Chairman and Prime Minister Johnson Promise in Call… “Get a written certificate”
France and Germany warn of legal action against supply cutback AstraZeneca
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(Paris = Yonhap News) Correspondent Hye-ran Hyun = The British government is concerned about the shortage of vaccines as the European Union (EU), which had been in conflict over the supply of a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), on the 31st (local time) has retreated one step. He stressed that there was no need.
British Minister of International Trade Leeds Truss said in a series of interviews with British media such as Sky News and BBC on the same day that he had received a written confirmation from the EU that there would be no disruption in the progress of the Corona 19 vaccine supply contract.
As EU Commissioner Ursula Ponderrayen pledged in a phone call with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, there will be no problems in getting the vaccines produced by Pfizer and Bioentech into the UK, Truss said.
Secretary Truss called the EU’s earlier choices as “mistakes,” and stressed, “To fundamentally get out of this crisis, it is important to open borders and cooperate against vaccine nationalism and protectionism.”
The EU has warned against sending UK-produced vaccines to the EU when AstraZeneca, a multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in London, notified of a reduction in the amount of vaccines originally planned to be supplied to Europe.
Eventually, the EU made a pretense that it could block the export of vaccines produced in Europe to the UK, but was criticized by the international community such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and withdrew it late on the night of the 29th.
Secretary Truss said there were no problems with the UK government’s plans to secure the vaccine. “We will have enough vaccines to help other countries even after vaccinating the entire UK population.”
At the same time, it is still too early to reveal specific plans, but he said that it is considering supplying the Corona 19 vaccine to not only neighboring countries such as the EU, but also developing countries.
“The situation where the vaccine is available only in the UK and there is no vaccine in many other countries does not help the UK,” Truss added.
The first friction between the two sides since the UK left the EU seems to have ended, but the offensive targeting AstraZeneca is expected to continue for some time.
France and Germany, the most vocals in the EU, warned that legal action would be inevitable if AstraZeneca’s vaccine supply was disrupted, the Guardian said.
French Foreign Minister Clement Vaughn, European Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, urged AstraZeneca to comply with the contract and said “fines or sanctions” were inevitable if it turned out to have given priority to Britain.
German Minister of Economy and Energy Peter Altmeier also told the German newspaper Develt, targeting AstraZeneca, “Companies that do not comply with their obligations have to pay the legal price.”
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended the use of the Corona 19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University on the 29th, and the EU Commission approved it based on this.
AstraZeneca’s vaccine is the third approved product in Europe after Pfizer-Bioentech and Modena, but there are no doubts about its efficacy.
French President Emmanuel Macron said the AstraZeneca vaccine was less effective than the age of 65, and the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) did not recommend vaccinations to those aged 55 or older.
Earlier, German economic journal Handelsblatt reported that the AstraZeneca vaccine prevented only 8% of those over 65 years old, but AstraZeneca refuted that it was a complete mistake.
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