No.10 have responded to attacks from the EU on the UK’s coronavirus vaccination programme. As brought to you previously on UNN, France’s Europe Minister, Clément Beaune accused Britain of taking “a lot of risks” in its vaccine rollout. However, this afternoon the Prime Minister’s spokesman has rejected the criticisms coming from Europe and insisted that the Government have followed the advice of the independent medical regulator the MHRA.
The PM’s spokesman has said: “The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has deemed the vaccines to be safe and effective and we have rolled them out to people on the basis of those who are the most vulnerable and those who are most likely to be hospitalised and sadly die as a result of the virus. No corners were cut, no stones were left unturned. The recommendations were based on an extremely thorough evaluation of all the data from the clinical trials and it’s on that basis the public should be confident of the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine”.
The latest figures show that 17 percent of the adult population have now received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine in the UK. Three percent of people in the EU have received an injection. Mr Beaune has stated that the EU had “nothing to envy” about Britain’s rollout, adding: “The British are in an extremely difficult health situation. They are taking many risks in this vaccination campaign. And I can understand it, but they are taking many risks”.
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