Italy and the European Commission have blocked a cargo of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine destined for Australia.
The British-Swedish drug producer didn't meet it's EU agreement commitments so the Italian authorities refused it's request to export 250,000 doses from it's Anagni plant close to Rome.
Italy made the request and it turned into signed off through the European Commission beneathneath a brand new export manage device that got here into regulation on 30 January. This is the primary time it's been utilized by a member state.
A declaration from the Italian overseas ministry said: "The Italian idea to disclaim the authorisation turned into accredited through the European Commission and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs then officially issued the export denial order at the identical day."
Other motives stated through Italy for blockading the cargo consist of that Australia is considered "now no longer vulnerable" due to a low quantity of COVID cases; a scarcity of vaccines each in Italy and the EU and the excessive quantity of doses covered withinside the cargo.
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