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Now playing Next Europe News Amid vaccine row, EU adopts measure to control export of COVID-19 jabs The European Commission announced the measure amid a row with AstraZeneca over supply of vaccine doses the bloc has already paid for. 29/01/2021
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Now playing Next Europe News AstraZeneca row could spark an EU-UK vaccine trade war, warns MEP German MEP Peter Liese told Euronews that if AstraZeneca doesn't reverse its decision to reduce the EU's expected number of COVID-19 vaccines then there will be repercussions. 27/01/2021