On January 25, the EU threatened to impose tight export controls within days on COVID-19 vaccines made in the bloc. AstraZeneca has pulled out of meeting with the European Union to discuss delayed vaccine commitments to the bloc, an EU official said. The talks on January 27 with the EU Commission and member states were slated to be the third in as many days, as an ever angrier EU is demanding an explanation about the delays. On January 25, the EU threatened to impose tight export controls within days on COVID-19 vaccines made in the bloc. The shortfall of planned deliveries of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which is expected to get medical approval in the bloc on January 29, combined with hiccups in the distribution of Pfizer-BioNTech shots is putting EU nations under pressure.

Source: The Hindu January 27, 2021 11:34 UTC