Prognosis
France, Italy Hint at AstraZeneca U-Turn With Focus on Regulator
- EU warns that people’s trust in vaccine safety is a key issue
- European Commission tells ministers they must ramp up roll-out
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European Union governments sought to put another chaotic vaccine episode behind them as the bloc’s drug regulator signaled AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid shot was safe and France and Italy hinted that they were ready to lift suspensions.
In a sign that the latest crisis could soon start to calm, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and French President Emmanuel Macron said after talks Tuesday that they could resume using the Astra vaccine again if the European Medicines Agency advises that it’s safe.