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RTRS-EU To Extend Vaccine Export Block To End-June: Sources

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Reuters reporting that according to an EU source the bloc is set to extend its vaccine export control until end-June in a move that could strain relations further with nations reliant on EU-produced COVID-19 vaccines.

  • The measure is currently due to expire at the end of March, but Reuters reports member state gov'ts have given approval to the Commission to extend the measure for another three months.
  • Earlier in March, Italy blocked the export of hundreds of thousands of doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Australia with the approval of the European Commission.
  • The move highlights the increasing creep of vaccine nationalism within the EU. Senior officials in the bloc have criticised other countries (the US, and notably the UK) for allegedly blocking the export of vaccines to the EU, but then have launched some of the world's first official measures to block the export of vaccines to other countries outside the EU.

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