Italy and France fold over AstraZeneca jabs: Mario Draghi and Emmanuel Macron vow to ‘quickly resume’ using the vaccine once European Medicines Agency gives final clearance By Reuters Published: 17:55 GMT, 16 March 2021 | Updated: 18:06 GMT, 16 March 2021 Italy and France have committed to ‘quickly’ resume inoculations of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine once … Read more
The EU has blocked a shipment of AstraZeneca vaccines from leaving Italy for Australia using controversial export laws for the first time. Authorities in Italy refused to grant a licence for 250,000 doses manufactured in the country to be exported, meaning the shipment could not leave Thursday as planned. Officials in Rome had informed the … Read more
The EU has blocked a shipment of AstraZeneca vaccines from leaving Italy for Australia using controversial export laws. Authorities in Rome notified the EU of its intention to bar 250,000 doses from leaving the country last week, and acted on Thursday. Brussels’ officials had the power to object to the move but didn’t, sources told … Read more
Germany is set to open up the AstraZeneca vaccine to over-65s in a major U-turn to revive its faltering vaccine programme – as the EU today looked for another lifeline by beginning the approval process for Russia’s Sputnik V jab. Five weeks after blocking the AstraZeneca shot for older people, German regulators will submit their … Read more
Germany is set to open up the AstraZeneca vaccine to over-65s in a major U-turn to revive its faltering vaccine programme – as the EU today looked for another lifeline by beginning the approval process for Russia’s Sputnik V jab. Five weeks after blocking the AstraZeneca shot for older people, German regulators will submit their … Read more
A leading French daily has rattled the ruling party and sparked intense speculation about next year’s presidential election by suggesting that voters on the left won’t come to Emmanuel Macron’s aid if he finds himself in a rematch with the far-right. Votes from the left propelled centrist Macron to power in 2017 in a run-off … Read more
People in Germany, France and Sweden blame their own governments and the EU for their stuttering vaccine programmes while Britons are happy with the UK’s rapid progress, a new poll shows. The survey by Kekst CNC found 77 per cent of Britons saying their country has handled the vaccine roll-out well – compared to 23 … Read more
Austria and Denmark will produce new Covid vaccines without help from the EU after the bloc’s jab roll-out descended into a slow-paced shambles. Sebastian Kurz, Austria’s prime minister, and Danish leader Mette Frederiksen announced today that they will travel to Israel to discuss development of a second generation of coronavirus vaccines with health authorities there. Israel … Read more
France will start giving Britain’s AstraZeneca vaccine to over-65s in an humiliating U-turn for President Macron after he personally cast doubt on its effectiveness. Olivier Veran, the French health minister, said today that the jab will soon be made available to people over the age of 50 with underlying health issues that make them vulnerable … Read more
French president Macron tells nation that curfew must stay for at least another month as health chief says 6pm lock-in rule is ‘working very well’ Macron had been speaking during official trip to Seine-Saint-Denis earlier today He stressed curfew would need to remain in place for another four to six weeks It comes as France’s top … Read more