European Commission–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine dispute

Bulgaria will have to make some extraordinary effort in the coming months if it wants to protect its population from the coronavirus through vaccination.

 Current data show that Boyko Borissov's government has bought such a small number of doses that no more than 36% of Bulgarians could receive two doses at the end of June.

The Greek PM said Greece would continue to use the AstraZeneca vaccine

There is no reason for the AstraZeneca vaccinations to be halted

They were promised in February, but Kosovo is still to take delivery of its first COVID-19 vaccine doses.

European Council President Charles Michel on Tuesday took aim at the "highly publicised" supply of COVID-19 vaccines from China and Russia to other countries, and said Europe would not use vaccines for propaganda purposes.

Britain on March 9 summoned the EU's U.K. delegation and wrote to European Council chief Charles Michel in protest over his claim that the country had imposed a vaccine export ban.

Italy has activated the European Union's vaccine export ban to block a shipment of life-saving jabs being sent to Australia.

Italian government triggered the mechanism to stop 250,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from being sent outside the bloc. It notified the European Commission who signed off on blockade as part of its vaccine export transparency scheme.

EU leaders meet on Feb. 25 under pressure to speed up Europe's coronavirus vaccine rollout, and divided over border closures and what introducing vaccine travel certificates could mean.