Coronavirus Notebook: Italy Makes First Use Of EU’s Vaccine Export Control System, More Regulators Issue Guidance On Variants

Ukraine has established a system for issuing emergency use authorizations for COVID-19 vaccines that recognizes authorizations granted by other world regulators.

Cargo plane, many boxes and red prohibition symbol NO.
The EU allows member states to prevent COVID-19 vaccine exports • Source: Shutterstock

Italy’s decision to prevent the export of 250,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine to Australia may have hit the headlines yesterday, but reaction to the move by the Australian government has been decidedly muted.

The Italian government put a block on the export using the “transparency and authorization mechanism” for vaccine exports that was...

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