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EU, Italy stop AstraZeneca vaccine exports to Australia

FRANCE24, 05 Mar 2021
A shipment of a quarter million #AstraZeneca vaccines destined for #Australia has been blocked from leaving the #EuropeanUnion in the first use of an export control system instituted by the bloc to make sure big pharma companies would respect their contracts.

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