EU 'catching up' with UK Covid vaccination rollout – Von der Leyen
by Daniel Boffey in Brussels and Helen Sullivan from World news | The Guardian on (#5EJQT)
Commission president responds to fresh criticism over shortages of vaccine doses in bloc
The EU is catching up" with the UK's coronavirus vaccination programme, the European commission president has insisted in response to renewed criticism of the rollout among the 27 member states.
Shortages of vaccine doses continue to blight national plans across the bloc, with Belgium the latest to warn of serious delays" to its plans, with vaccination of people over 65 postponed to the end of March.
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