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1.24pm GMT
The Welsh first minister, Mark Drakeford, has suggested it was wrong for Boris Johnson to visit Scotland yesterday.
Asked if he would welcome the UK prime minister to Wales, Drakeford said: “I myself have left Cardiff twice since November.” He said he had visited the Rhondda Valley when a coal tip slipped and the scene of flooding in Neath Port Talbot.
1.19pm GMT
This from EU health commissioner Stella Kyriakides on the publication of the contract between the EU and AstraZeneca:
Transparency and accountability are essential to build the people’s trust in our vaccine strategy.
We just published the contract we concluded with @AstraZeneca
We owe it to the citizens. I hope more contracts will be published in the future.https://t.co/2oIUpUOuZ0
The contract between the EU Commission and the vaccine manufacturer AstraZeneca is online. This gives the public more clarity about what exactly is in the contract.
Unfortunately, the crucial figures about the exact delivery quantities have been blacked out. I suppose this was under pressure from the company.
Continue reading…Latest updates: trial results show Novavax vaccine highly protective against variant that emerged in Kent; ONS figures show cases still highJohnson & Johnson one-dose vaccine shown to work against CovidNovavax Covid vaccine shown to be nearly 90% effective in UK trialAstraZeneca must deliver vaccine doses from UK to EU, says Von der LeyenHow effective is Novavax vaccine and will it work on new variants?Global coronavirus updates – live 1.24pm GMTThe Welsh first minister, Mark Drakeford, has suggested it was wrong for Boris Johnson to visit Scotland yesterday. Asked if he would welcome the UK prime minister to Wales, Drakeford said: “I myself have left Cardiff twice since November.” He said he had visited the Rhondda Valley when a coal tip slipped and the scene of flooding in Neath Port Talbot. 1.19pm GMTThis from EU health commissioner Stella Kyriakides on the publication of the contract between the EU and AstraZeneca:Transparency and accountability are essential to build the people’s trust in our vaccine strategy.We just published the contract we concluded with @AstraZenecaWe owe it to the citizens. I hope more contracts will be published in the future.https://t.co/2oIUpUOuZ0 The contract between the EU Commission and the vaccine manufacturer AstraZeneca is online. This gives the public more clarity about what exactly is in the contract.Unfortunately, the crucial figures about the exact delivery quantities have been blacked out. I suppose this was under pressure from the company. Continue reading…