5 EU states seek summit on ‘unfair' vaccine handouts
The Philippine Star|March 14, 2021
VIENNA (AFP) – Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Latvia have called for a European Union summit to discuss “huge disparities” in the distribution of vaccines, according to a letter published yesterday.
5 EU states seek summit on ‘unfair' vaccine handouts

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Friday suggested that some members of the EU may have signed “secret contracts” with vaccine companies to receive more doses than they were entitled to as per EU-wide agreements.

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