Austria and Denmark to work with Israel on future Covid jabs, saying EU 'too slow'
by Daniel Boffey in Brussels from on (#5ETYK)
Austrian chancellor says two nations will no longer rely on EU' as he unveils manufacturing deal to tackle new variants
Austria's chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, described the EU's vaccination deployment as too slow" as he announced that his country and Denmark would work with Israel on protecting their citizens against new coronavirus variants.
The move by the two member states to form a vaccine manufacturing partnership comes as the latest figures show that 7.5% of the EU population have received a vaccine dose compared with 94.8% in Israel and 31% in the UK.
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