Johnson has been ‘reassured’ that the EU don’t want a blockade on vaccine exports
Boris Johnson has warned a third wave of Covid-19 infections in Europe is likely to hit the UK.
Reports have recently circulated suggesting the EU will block exports of vaccines to the UK amid disputes about how safe the AstraZeneca jab is (turns out, completely safe, read here.)
But Johnson has supposedly been “reassured by talking to EU partners over the last few months that they don’t want to see blockades.”
“We’re all facing the same pandemic, we all have the same problems,” the prime minister said.
“I think one thing worth stressing is that on the continent right now, you can see sadly there is a third wave under way.
“When a wave hits our friends, it, I'm afraid, washes up on our shores as well.”
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he expects the UK will feel the impact of the third wave in Europe soon.
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“And people in this country should be in under no illusions that previous experience has taught us that when a wave hits our friends, I’m afraid it washes up on our shores as well.
“I suspect we will feel those effects in due course, that’s why we’re getting on with our vaccination programme as fast as we can.
“A vaccination campaign, developing vaccines, rolling them out, these are international projects and they require international cooperation.”
