We were too optimistic when it came to massive production and perhaps we were too confident that, what we ordered, would actually be delivered on time,” von der Leyen told EU plenary. “The key decisions were right,” said Manfred Weber, the leader of the Christian Democrat European People’s Party. In comparison, the United States, with a population of 330 million, leads the world per nation with more than 468,000 deaths. “We fully understand that difficulties will arise in the mass production of vaccines. But Europe has invested billions of euros in capacities in advance, and we urged the member states to plan the vaccine rollout.

Source: Egypt Independent February 10, 2021 09:56 UTC