The EU had paid billions of euros toward shots to curb a pandemic that was killing thousands of Europeans every day. “This is a catastrophe,” French ambassador Philippe Leglise-Costa told the January 27 meeting, according to a diplomatic note seen by Reuters. The EU Commission declined comment for this story. It was the only one supplying the EU, which had announced deals for up to 600 million Pfizer doses. Gallina told the briefing the EU was receiving 3.5 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine a week.

Source: Egypt Independent February 05, 2021 09:00 UTC