Relations between the European Union and recently departed Britain took another turn for the worse on Wednesday when the EU envoy in London was summoned to explain comments that Britain had issued a vaccine export ban. The UK was so irked by Tuesday’s comments from European Council President Charles Michel that Britain had “imposed an outright ban on the export of vaccines,” that it called in the ambassador for a Wednesday morning meeting to clarify the issue. A British government statement said that it “has not blocked the export of a single COVID-19 vaccine. Any references to a UK export ban or any restrictions on vaccines are completely false.” ‘Vaccine nationalism’ The EU’s Charles Michel accused the UK on Tuesday of “vaccine nationalism” by banning jab exports. The EU has been criticized by some member states , who have sought to buy vaccines from Russia and China, amid the UK’s successful inoculation drive. Austria and Denmark said last week they will secure doses for future strains from Israel. But in one of his regular blog posts, the former Belgian prime minister, who chairs EU summits, defended the 27-member bloc’s record. Michel said he was “shocked” to hear the EU also being accused… Read full this story
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