EU halts Italy vaccine export to Australia

Updated March 5 2021 - 6:49am, first published 6:46am
A shipment of AstraZeneca vaccines destined for Australia has been blocked from leaving Italy.
A shipment of AstraZeneca vaccines destined for Australia has been blocked from leaving Italy.

A shipment of more than 250,000 AstraZeneca vaccines destined for Australia has been blocked from leaving the European Union, in the first use of an export control system instituted by the bloc to make sure big pharma companies would respect their contracts.

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