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Now playing Next Europe News EU to vaccinate 70% of adult population by July, says Von der Leyen The European Commission president has announced that 70% of the adult population in the EU will receive at least one vaccine dose by July. 23/04/2021
Now playing Next world news UK wants to introduce vaccine passports by mid-May Prime Minister Boris Johnson has indicated he wants them to be ready by May 17th. 22/04/2021
Now playing Next Germany Germany to buy 30 million doses of Russia's Sputnik V this summer The agreed purchase will be made pending the vaccine's approval by the European Medicines Agency, a German minister has said. 22/04/2021
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Now playing Next Europe News EU countries should lower price of PCR tests, says commissioner The European Commission expects to start negotiations on the green pass at the beginning of May and launch a pilot project in early June, justice commissioner Reynders explained. 21/04/2021
Now playing Next Denmark Denmark loans 55,000 AstraZeneca vaccines to Germany The Danish Foreign Ministry said they were still deciding what to do with the remaining 145,000 unwanted doses of AstraZeneca. 21/04/2021
Now playing Next world news Vaccine doubts could delay EU's inoculation target by several months Projections show issues with the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccine rollouts could seriously dent the EU’s goal of vaccinating 70% of adults against COVID-19 by the end of summer. 19/04/2021
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Now playing Next France COVID mass vaccination centre in Nice closes as just 58 people turn up More than 4,000 doses of the AstraZeneca jab were available at the centre this weekend but it closed after a few hours due to low turnout. 18/04/2021
Now playing Next Germany Merkel calls for uniform set of COVID restrictions across Germany "The situation is serious, very serious, and we need to take it seriously," German Chancellor Angela Merkel told lawmakers. She is trying to pass a bill that would force regions to implement a uniform set of coronavirus restrictions. 16/04/2021
Now playing Next France 'Highly probable' the EU will ditch its AstraZeneca contract: minister France's industry minister said on Friday that while a final decision was yet to be made, it was "highly probable" the EU wouldn't renew its contract for the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID vaccine. 16/04/2021
Now playing Next world news Pfizer CEO says third COVID jab 'likely' needed within 12 months Authorities in the US and the EU have already started planning for such an eventuality. 16/04/2021
Now playing Next Europe News EU to get an extra 50 million COVID vaccines by the end of June The European Commission chief said the total doses EU countries will receive from Pfizer will now be 250 million in the second quarter of this year. 14/04/2021
Now playing Next Europe News Brussels wants EU vaccine passports ready by the start of summer Pilot schemes will be launched at the beginning of that month with the aim to have the whole system up and running by June 21, says the European Commission. 13/04/2021
Now playing Next world news J&J COVID vaccine rollout delayed in Europe amid blood clot reports Johnson & Johnson will delay the rollout of their COVID-19 vaccine in Europe following reports of blood clots in six people after receiving jab. 13/04/2021
Now playing Next Europe News How a court ruling lays the ground for mandatory COVID-19 vaccination A recent ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has set a precedent that European countries could use to make COVID-19 vaccines compulsory. 13/04/2021
