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Now playing Next world news EU to receive 100m doses per month from April, says Von der Leyen European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told German newspapers that the bloc will receive 300 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines between April and June. 08/03/2021
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Now playing Next Austria Austrian district hit hard by COVID variant becomes focus of study Brussels has allocated 100,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to the Austrian district of Schwaz to quickly inoculate the entire population. Scientists will monitor the roll-out an impact on the spread of the South African variant. 05/03/2021
Now playing Next Europe News EU first as Italy blocks export of 250,000 COVID vaccines to Australia The shipment is estimated to be around 250,000 doses. 04/03/2021
Now playing Next world news European Medicines Agency starts review of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine The EMA has so far approved three vaccines for use across the bloc. 04/03/2021
Now playing Next Austria Austria and Denmark to develop next generation vaccines with Israel The initiative comes amid growing frustration over delays in the EU's vaccine rollout. 02/03/2021
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