Brussels, Belgium:
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen announced Friday that the AstraZeneca-Oxford University coronavirus vaccine has been authorised for the EU market place, hours right after the bloc’s drug regulator suggested its approval.
It is the third vaccine authorized for use in the 27-nation EU, right after rival shots created by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.
“I expect the company to deliver the 400 million doses as agreed,” von der Leyen tweeted, as a row intensified amongst Brussels and AstraZeneca.
“We will keep on doing all we can to secure vaccines for Europeans, our neighbours & partners worldwide.”
The British-Swedish firm has admitted it will only be in a position to provide a fraction of the doses promised to the EU in the brief-term due to production difficulties.
That has come as a large blow to Europe’s currently struggling rollout work, when setting the EU on a collision course with former member Britain as they jostle for AstraZeneca’s restricted supplies.
The approval of AstraZeneca’s vaccine also comes in the middle of a controversy more than the jab inside the EU itself.
Germany’s vaccine commission mentioned Thursday that the vaccine should really not be made use of on more than-65s due to insufficient proof that it functions.
Even right after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) suggested the AstraZeneca’s shot be authorized for all ages on Friday, the German panel maintained its stance.
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