GERMAN FINANCE MINISTER ANGRY AT COVID VACCINE ROLLOUT, WHICH EU CHIEF DEFENDS

  • 06/02/2021

German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said that  he was angry that more COVID-19 vaccines were not ordered last year as EU chief executive Ursula von der Leyen renewed her defence of the European Commission's record on rolling them out.

EU countries have so far given first doses to just under 4% of their populations, compared with 11% for the United States and almost 17% for Britain, according to Our World in Data. Von der Leyen has been under fire for the EU's slow rollout."I'm angry about some of the decisions that were taken last year," . "I think there had been the opportunity to order more of the vaccines ,"he said

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