Brussels has adopted a mechanism to control exports outside the EU of anti-Covid vaccines produced there and prevent the release of doses intended for Europeans, European Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis announced on Friday.
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The European Commission, under pressure after the announcement of delays in deliveries from AstraZeneca, adopted on Friday a regulation subjecting vaccines to "
an export authorization
" operated by the Member States, in order "
to have exact information on the vaccine production and (know) where companies want to send them,
”he told a press conference.
