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Meanwhile, the European Medicine Agency authorised the use of the vaccine developed by Astrazenca and Oxford in the EU (Photo: gov.bc.ca)

EU controls vaccine exports, as AstraZeneca jab approved

The European Commission adopted, on Friday (29 January), an export control mechanism on vaccines produced in EU countries - as a response to the shortfall of vaccines suddenly announced by the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca earlier this month.

"The aim is to provide greater clarity on vaccine production in the EU and their exports - this transparency has been lacking and is vital at this time," said EU trade commissioner Valdis...

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

Meanwhile, the European Medicine Agency authorised the use of the vaccine developed by Astrazenca and Oxford in the EU (Photo: gov.bc.ca)

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

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