Prognosis
EU Cautiously Backs Vaccine Curbs That Invite Retaliation
- Macron says bloc isn’t being selfish in stopping exports
- EU sees curbs as a deterrent to companies like AstraZeneca
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European Union leaders gave their guarded support to a plan to restrict vaccine exports after it emerged the bloc sent more shots to the rest of the world than it has given to its own people.
As the region’s bumbling vaccine program continues to turn up the pressure on governments, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made the case for a new, tougher mechanism to secure vaccine supplies pointing to the 77 million shots that companies have shipped out of the bloc, compared with the 62 million that have been administered to EU citizens.