You couldn’t make it up.
The latest twist in the EU/AstraZeneca vaccine farce is that the EU is now demanding that tens of millions of vaccine doses manufactured in the UK are diverted to the continent.
The bloc believes that AZ has reneged on its delivery agreement and that British jabs are fair game. AZ is standing firm, insisting that British factories are part of Britain’s supply chain. The government has said that Britain’s agreement with AZ stipulates that only after the 100 million doses the UK has ordered have been delivered can supplies be sent to the EU.
The outrageous request feels like a desperate roll of the dice to salvage a faltering vaccination programme. The AZ vaccine, it should be remembered, is yet to be approved for use in the EU.
