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WHO official says vaccine export bans ‘not helpful’ in COVID fight – Euronews
The EU says it is not an “export ban” but rather a requirement for transparency on all vaccine exports.
A World Health Organization (WHO) expert criticised the EU’s move to tighten exports of vaccines produced inside the bloc, stating that export barriers were “not helpful.”
The question was put to experts at WHO on Friday after European commissioners announced they would adopt a regulation to require an export authorisation for coronavirus vaccines produced in the 27 member states.
Dr Mariangela Simao, the WHO’s assistant director-general for access to medicines and health products, said it’s “not…
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