But others are saying that UK signed 3 months earlier, including this Italian based website The UK signed off its deal with AstraZeneca in June 2020, three months before the EU did. As a result, a manufacturing plant in the UK has been able to achieve a higher yield than plants elsewhere, according to an interview with Pascal Soriot published on 26 January in the Italian newspaper La Repubblica. “With the UK we have had an extra three months to fix all the glitches we experienced,” Soriot told the paper. Who to believe? I really hate to say this, but perhaps dealing with one government (be it bumbling) is better than dealing with 27-rolled into 1 (with all their different laws and agreements)
I never stated it was suspended by the EMA. I wonder is that where the EU 300m euros to boost AZ production was spent?
Okay so I have now listened to a contract lawyer on Euronews who says “he sees no basis for the commissions argument’ regarding contracts. They dealt with us 3 months before, then the order was placed. It was binding. Thats ends that.
Third confinement being announced in France by the Prime Minister. Knew it'd be bad when it was announced the Prime Minister would give the announcement, and not the President. They only roll Macron out to give good news.
Not good Dave. I saw the infections jumped from 28K to 38K and 35K today. I was hoping to pop over when I heard restrictions had been eased. I think I will wait and see what happens. Hopefully the French will start having the jab and the numbers will go down.
Yep, I was not at all pro-Brexit, and still don't think it will be a good long-term decision, but no question about it...Brexit has enabled the UK to get well ahead in the vaccination process. It also doesn't help when most French people won't do it because the Government have told them to.
UVL failings will cause long term damage, not only to life but to the EU/Eurozone (I will leave that to the other thread). More importantly irresponsible comments by Macron will ultimately lead to unnecessary deaths in a country that is already sceptical of vaccines. I have my dislike for the commission but what they have done with the roll out is nothing short of incompetence. I just hope people start taking up the vaccine because infections are growing.
Crazy that it was a year ago. My uncle was visiting Sydney when it was announced, and he just about got back to Christchurch, but still had to confine for two weeks after arriving. You guys have certainly done so much better than others.
Pensioner given Covid breach warning over socially-distanced cup of tea West Country coronavirus Gloucestershire Police Thursday 18 March 2021, 2:29pm please log in to view this image The 82-year-old was visited by police. Credit: PA A pensioner has been given a Covid breach warning by police after having a socially-distanced cup of tea in her communal garden. The 82-year-old was visited by police after she had been reported for drinking tea outside with neighbours from her sheltered housing complex. The woman, from Charlton Kings, was watching television in bed when there was a knock at the door at 9.45pm. The pensioner's daughter Lesley Magovern, 56, from Cheltenham said: “My mother heard a knock at the door and it was very late and she wondered really who it could be. please log in to view this image Police visited the pensioner and warned her about a potential Covid breach. (Pictured: a stock image of police). 'She was quite frightened' "My mother is quite deaf and she asked who it was and she thought the voice said ‘It’s me’. Then mother assumed it was in fact me and she then opened the door. “There were two officers stood there, a man and a woman with masks on and they asked if they could come in and speak to her. "They did not show her any identification so she just trusted the uniform and she was quite frightened. My mother has never been in trouble with the police in her life.” The residents all share a communal garden and her mother moved in just before lockdown. They told mother if it were to happen again she would be fined. Lesley Mrs Magovern said: “I can not believe the police travelled from Gloucester to Charlton Kings so late for something so ridiculous. “When they were there, they told mother if it were to happen again she would be fined. Then they asked her to provide identification so she was rooting around trying to find some. "Finally she ended up showing them an out of date drivers licence as that is all she had.” The officers that visited Mrs Palmer are part of Gloucestershire Police's Covid response team. A force spokesperson said: “An officer has spoken to the complainant and an explanation was provided in response to concerns raised. She was content with this and the matter has been resolved. Police received a report of a potential Covid breach on Tuesday 9 March at 1.30pm suspecting that there was a gathering involving people from multiple households in a residential garden in Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. Gloucestershire Police spokesperson “Covid response officers attended later that day at around 9.45pm where some residents were spoken to and given words of advice around current restrictions. “Officers are deployed to incidents based on an assessment of the threat, risk and harm of the incident and in this case officers who are part of the Covid response team and are deployed across the county attended later that evening.”
Watching the beginning of Question Time by mistake. An air of smugness abounds amongst panel and audience who are all violently agreeing how brilliant we are compared to Europe when it comes to vaccines. Might be true but it’s not a good look.
Interesting vid on how the drug cartels in Mexico are using Covid to increase their support base....couldn't imagine our gangs being so altruistic!
