German chancellor Angela Merkel has come out in favour of the EU banning the export of Covid vaccines to make sure the continent gets supplies for its own citizens, deepening the row over AstraZeneca’s jab deliveries. Tensions are surging as world leaders
The German Chancellor admitted the EU “has a problem” with the Anglo-Swedish vaccine producers but supported the Commission President’s decision to ban jabs exports to the UK should it come to that. Mrs Merkel said: “I support Commission President Ursula von der
Germany extended its lockdown measures by another month and imposed several new restrictions, including largely shutting down public life over Easter, in an effort to drive down the rate of coronavirus infections. Chancellor Angela Merkel announced the measures early this morning after
The German Chancellor intervened to support the European Commission’s aggressive move to curb the export of Covid jabs. In a phone call with the Prime Minister on Sunday, she vented fury that the EU had shipped more than 34 million doses abroad
Vaccine row: Whately addresses prospect of UK retaliation With the UK and EU on the brink of a vaccine war, the Prime Minister is expected to speak to his counterparts on the continent and threaten retaliatory action if a ban on jabs
Angela Merkel EXTENDS Germany’s Covid restrictions into next month despite mass anti-lockdown protests and her party’s election drubbing Thousands of lockdown protesters rallied in cities across Europe this weekend Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel is keen to go ahead with extension Internal memo