Prognosis
EU Vaccine Exports Outstrip Number of Shots Given Its Own People
- Data show reliance of global supply on EU production capacity
- Shipments may backfire for EU governments amid slow rollout
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The European Union continues to export more vaccines than it administers, in data highlighting the risk of a backlash against the bloc’s governments amid setbacks that keep threatening to delay its own rollout.
The EU authorized the export of 113.5 million doses to 43 countries between Jan. 31 and April 13, according to a memo circulated to government envoys in Brussels on Wednesday and seen by Bloomberg News. Around 39.2 million doses were shipped to Japan, 15.2 million to the U.K. and 11.7 million to Canada, according to the document.