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Originally Posted by Chris
Possibly because supplies to the UK aren't under threat? The Oxford/AZ vaccine is made in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands but mostly in the UK. It appears the hold up is in the Belgian facility. It may be that this is where AZ anticipated fulfilling EU requirements from, and that may in turn have been a decision influenced by when the EU was likely to require its supply. Let's not forget to date the bungling European Medicines Agency has not even managed to issue approval for the vaccine.
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While we're discussing EU provision there is this.
Spanish MEP Domenec Ruiz Devesa has started a petition calling on the European Commission to ensure that the EU flag is emblazoned across all coronavirus vaccine deliveries throughout Europe. In a letter to his fellow MEPs, the Spaniard writes: "You may have noticed that in most, if not all of the images available on vaccine delivery to Member States, the EU logo is wholly absent from all the logistics, including planes, trucks, boxes, etc.
This is inconsistent with the role played by the EU, whether in terms of vaccine authorization, funding for vaccine research, the set-up of central procurement, funding for delivery," he says, calling it "a major missed opportunity in terms of communication and social media."
Also here's his letter to Von der Leyden.
https://www.docdroid.net/wzzsgFd/let...vaccines-1-pdf