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Irish Taoiseach says 'lessons to be learned' over EU exports chaos

Irish PM Micheál Martin said there were "lessons to be learned" over the EU's move to tighten coronavirus vaccine exports.

Germany

Germany recommends AstraZeneca COVID vaccine only for people under 65

Germany will review the order of its coronavirus vaccine priority list following a recommendation from its vaccine authority not to give the #AstraZeneca vaccine to individuals 65 and older.

World News

UK minister says EU recognises it 'made a mistake' on safeguard clause

UK Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove said the EU "made a mistake" in potentially invoking Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol by placing export controls on coronavirus vaccines.

World News

WHO official says vaccine export bans 'not helpful' in COVID fight

The EU says it is not an "export ban" but rather a requirement for transparency on all vaccine exports.

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World News

Johnson & Johnson single dose coronavirus vaccine is 66% effective

The one-dose jab from Johnson & Johnson is less effective than other rivals.

Italy

Watch: Delivering a COVID vaccine and keeping it at -80℃ is not easy

Vaccines are already in short supply. So you don't want to ruin the Pfizer one by allowing it to thaw.

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.

World News

What are the real reasons behind the EU's slow vaccine rollout?

As the EU faces heightened criticism over delays to the coronavirus vaccine rollout, we take a look at why it's taking so long.

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Boris Johnson travels to hospital laboratory in Glasgow amid lockdown

Prime Minister Boris Johnson travelled to Scotland on Thursday to laud the rapid rollout of coronavirus vaccines across the United Kingdom

Europe News

EU is 'stuck between a rock and a hard place' on vaccine rollout

"The problem for the European Commission is going to be once the rollout happens, it's not going to get the credit. The member states ... are going to take the credit," said Finland's ex-PM Alexander Stubb

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.

Serbia

Serbia has second fastest vaccine rollout in Europe thanks to China

The President of Serbia has compared the distribution of the coronavirus vaccine in Europe to the sinking of the Titanic - saying the rich are being saved while the poor of the Balkans are being left to drown.

Europe Decoded

Fraudsters seek to cash in on UK's race to inoculate against COVID-19

The Cube, Euronews' social media newsdesk, has spotted huge numbers of online users sharing screenshots of scam emails and texts.

World News

COVID-19 vaccine row: How reliant is the EU on AstraZeneca supplies?

The row over the supply of COVID-19 vaccines highlights the tension as Europe struggles to roll out inoculation programmes.

World News

Which COVID variants have been identified and how infectious are they?

Here's what we know about the coronavirus variants that have emerged in the UK, South Africa, Brazil and California

Poland

Polish MP suspended by ruling party after taking COVID-19 vaccine

Zbigniew Girzyński admitted he had been vaccinated in his role as a university lecturer but said he "did not ask anyone for any priority in the queue".

Europe News

EU and AstraZeneca fail to resolve supply row despite crisis talks

The EU insisted on Wednesday that the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company had breached a binding agreement over COVID-19 vaccine supplies, which AstraZeneca denies.

Europe News

Hungary bought Russia's COVID-19 vaccine 'because EU was too slow'

Hungary's foreign minister has been defending Budapest's move to buy two million doses of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine

France

COVID vaccine: France returns to 3 weeks between doses

Health Minister Oliver Véran said there is "no consensus in the scientific community" that doubling the time between the two doses is risk-free.

United Kingdom

Vaccine rollout is about more than just buying jabs, says expert

"Many countries have failed to recognise the need to get an entire systems approach to this," said Professor Martin McKee. "It's not just a matter of buying the vaccine, getting it into the country."