Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has given “unsatisfactory” answers as to why it can honour its vaccine contracts to the US and the UK but not to the EU, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said. Mr Varadkar said “I’m seeking explanations too, because I can understand how AstraZeneca might run into problems with supply, or manufacturing, or quality control. It was not the HSE missing its targets but AstraZeneca, which is one of four products approved by the European Medicines (EMA). He called for an EU summit on the issue and asked what action could be taken on the issue. Mr Donnelly said that Ireland now has the fourth lowest number of cases in the EU.

Source: The Irish Times March 11, 2021 12:36 UTC