“
We analyzed the procedure with the European Medicines Agency
,
”
the Health Commissioner told German daily Augsburger Allgemeine on Sunday.
In recent weeks, the European Commission has been widely criticized for the slow start of vaccination campaigns against Covid-19 in EU countries, due both to certification procedures for the first vaccines deemed too long compared to in the United Kingdom or the United States, but also for vaccine orders.
Read also: Has France become the country that vaccinates the most in Europe?
"
We have now decided that a vaccine improved by a manufacturer to fight against the new variants (...)
will no longer need to go through all the stages of authorization
", affirmed the commissioner, who attests that this will allow faster access to suitable vaccines, "
without reducing the safety criteria
", she assured.
Read also: Vaccines in Europe: Ursula von der Leyen in the storm
However, even though she admitted that she was not "
satisfied
" with the current situation, the Health Commissioner spoke out against the criticisms in order against the EU.
"
It is wrong to claim that we have only made mistakes,
" she said, arguing that the EU had managed to secure the supply of 700 million doses of vaccine by the end of the day. end of the 3rd quarter of this year.
