A total of 10.8 million people have now received both jabs – the equivalent of 20.5 percent of the adult population. Wales is estimated to have given two doses to just under a quarter of adults (24.7 percent), ahead of Northern Ireland
Valneva, which has a deal with Britain to make its shot in Scotland, slammed needless EU bureaucracy before breaking off negotiations. The firm’s announcement is a significant setback for the European Commission’s joint jabs buy-up. Top eurocrat Ursula von der Leyen has
US President Joe Biden called Russian leader Vladimir Putin this week in a bid to de-escalate tensions as troves of troops, tanks and weapons were seen heading to Ukraine’s eastern border. It came after both the EU and UK pledged “unwavering” support
The European Commission President said the EU will favour buying “proven” alternatives from Pfizer to use as booster jabs across the bloc. As a result, Brussels will now only make purchases of mRNA-based vaccines instead of the traditional technologies used by UK-based
A host of EU nations are increasingly furious with the European Commission President for attempting to exploit the row in order to rebuild her tarnished reputation. Insiders say the bloc’s leaders are preparing a challenge against the top eurocrat’s latest bid to
Friends of Europe said the health crisis had already overwhelmed Ms von der Leyen’s presidency of the European Commission and undermined the credibility of the bloc itself as well as putting any future European integration at risk. Director Giles Merritt warned Ms
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was taken aback to find her fellow top EU official taking the only chair available next to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan when the duo visited Ankara. Footage from their meeting on Tuesday showed the first female
More than 700,000 doses of the Oxford COVID-19 jab made domestically were shipped to Australia in late February and March, according to reports by the Sydney Morning Herald. It was at a similar time that the European Union used its export ban
EU diplomats warned her draconian export controls risk triggering a tit-for-tat trade war. And they insisted the European Commission shouldn’t blockade deliveries of Covid jabs to the UK without permission from member states. EU envoys were today pondering Mrs von der Leyen’s
Prominent financial columnist Matthew Lynn said, prior to the Covid pandemic, Britain was never a major vaccine supplier. That all changed last month when Brussels threatened to block exports of Oxford’s AstraZeneca vaccine in a jealous rage over Brexit Britain’s rollout success.