EU leaders begin to feel heat over slow Covid vaccine rollout

Merkel and Macron defend bloc’s policy as vaccination numbers lag behind those of Israel, UK and US Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNational leaders are starting to feel the heat over the EU’s struggling Covid vaccine rollout, which is increasingly being seen as overcautious, marred by mistakes and miscalculations, and achingly slow to progress.Shaken by the weekend’s high-profile blunder in Brussels, Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron felt the need to explicitly defend the bloc’s approach this week, as vaccination numbers continue to lag behind those of countries such as Israel, the UK and US. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/03/eu-leaders-begin-feel-heat-slow-covid-vaccine-rollout #european_union #coronavirus #europe #world_news #vaccines_and_immunisation #germany #france #netherlands #ireland #portugal #poland #italy #sweden #angela_merkel #european_commission #ursula_von_der_leyen #emmanuel_macron #denmark #spain