Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[Pyro as Bill]

LurkerJ said:

Somehow the UK is ahead of Germany and France (and the entire EU) in terms of vaccination.

Looks like I might have just caught it though, just before I get vaccinated, hopefully it's something else...

While France and Germany bickered and delayed over which country would provide the most vaccines for the EU, the UK bought from everybody. Germany appears to have broke EU rules to secure themselves 30m vaccines while the EU delays certification of the UK vaccine because of the usual protectionist crap.

#UPDATE The EU's medicines regulator says a decision to authorise the use of the AstraZeneca-Oxford coronavirus vaccine could be made by the end of the monthhttps://t.co/lns2ezGXSS pic.twitter.com/owREExbrEF

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) January 8, 2021