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EU secures extra doses in vaccine-supply dispute
By EUobserver
Vaccine producer AstraZeneca will supply an extra 9m doses to the EU by March European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said Sunday, calling the deal a "step forward", amid a massive shortfall in deliveries. EU officials earlier invoked a Brexit-treaty clause to impose physical checks on the Irish border to stop AstraZeneca exporting to the UK via Northern Ireland, but dropped the move after a political blowback.