European Commission says just one shipment of 250,000 AstraZeneca doses has been formally blocked, but Coalition says AZ has not been able to secure an export licence from Europe
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A diplomatic dispute between the Australian government and the European Union over vaccine access has worsened, with Canberra accusing Brussels of “arguing semantics” and signalling it would block other export applications.
The Morrison government has also complained that the European Commission has not responded to Australia’s request for 1m doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to be made available to Papua New Guinea, one of the countries hardest hit in the region.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/apr/07/australia-accuses-eu-of-semantics-over-blocked-astrazeneca-covid-vaccine-claims
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