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Anagni (Frosinone), March 24, 2021 – While the campaign of anti Covid vaccines still struggles to take off in Italy (first Draghi in the Senate made the point), it turns out that in Anagni, in the Catalent warehouses, they are well stocked 29 million doses of Astrazeneca vaccine. Two of the identified batches were sent to Belgium, of the parent company. Who is responsible for deciding (and responsible for) the countries to which the sera will be sent. The suspicion of the EU Commission is that those doses, at least in part, were ready to ship Britain, main ‘suspect’ for breach of the commitments assumed with the EU by AstraZeneca. From the inspection carried out ad Anagni by the Nas carabinieri, still in progress: the structure is guarded from the outside by security and inside by police – At the moment it seems that “everything is regular with regard to the state of conservation of the products,” Lieutenant Colonel Katja Carboni, officer in charge of the Aifa Carabinieri Unit, told Adnkronos. Most of the doses “are destined for the European market,” he says. Shipments are made these days “by Astrazeneca entry”.
Draghi: “The surveillance continues”
It was to take stock of the situation Mario draghi: “On Saturday night I received a phone call from the president of the EU Commission – the premier explained – about some batches that did not appear in the Commission’s accounts and that would have been stored at the Anagni plant”, where it is the “inflated” AstraZeneca vaccine. “I suggested a‘inspection he continued. That same night I called Minister Speranza, on whom the Nas depend, and the Nas went immediately and the next morning, after working all night, they identified some excess lots which at that point were blocked. Two were sent to Belgium today, where is the parent company. “The prime minister assured a”continuous surveillance for the remaining lots “.
Meanwhile, they are 278,400 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine arrived today at the Pratica di Mare military center and will be distributed in the next few hours. “The offer is in line with the forecasts of the anti-Covid vaccination plan,” stressed the commissioner for the Covid emergency, Francesco Child. “Thanks to today’s delivery,” he added, “the total of vaccines supplied since the beginning of March has increased to more than 4.7 million“.
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Dombrovskis (EU): “Back with deliveries”
“It depends on the company (Astrazeneca, ed) decide where the doses go“arsenal in Anagni”, but we can’t help but notice that Astrazeneca is far behind with deliveries “to the European Union, underlines the Vice-President of the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis. The pharmaceutical company “had promised to deliver 120 million in the first quarter”, while so far “less than 30 million “. The EU countries want to avoid that, in a context of delay in the old continent in obtaining vaccines, many doses produced in the territory of the Union end up in non-EU countries, in particular in the United Kingdom that has just emerged from the blockade. “Concrete decisions” on the export requests of EU Covid vaccines “will be taken on a case-by-case basis,” adds Dombrovskis, responding to those who ask him whether the European Commission would be willing to block the export to the United Kingdom of vaccines produced by Pfizer / BioNTech, in the event that London still not exporting doses abroad. “The modification of the regulation that we present today – he adds – does not describe the decisions that must be taken by the Member States and confirmed or rejected by the European Commission. Those decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis. “
Kyriakides: “Soon ok Ema for the EU trade for the Halix site”
“AstraZeneca has submitted a formal application and additional data” for the authorization of the Halix plant in the Netherlands. “L ‘Mother is undergoing a rapid assessment with a view to updating the marketing authorization in trade in the EU, with an expedited procedure this week. If the trip goes according to plan, we look forward to seeing deliveries from this site. this monthThis is explained by the EU Health Commissioner, Stella Kyriakides. “It has always been AstraZeneca’s responsibility – he explains – to request that the plants be covered by an authorization and to present all the necessary data”.
EU sources: possible to request doses
Meanwhile, an EU source, writes the Agi, stresses that “Article 122 of the Treaty., mentioned several weeks ago by the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, on the vaccine dispute, can be activated at the request of the European Commission and gives Member States the legal instrument to Force the company to cooperate, provide information, or deliver doses.“. Article 122 establishes:” Without prejudice to any other procedure provided for in the Treaties, the European Council, at the proposal of the Commission, may decide, in a spirit of solidarity between the Member States, measures appropriate to the economic situation, in particular if there are serious difficulties in the supply of certain products, particularly in the energy sector “.
Doubt of the French official
A French official pointed out, speaking to Reuters, that checks are still needed to assess whether the drugs were destined for exportIf these doses were confirmed to be exported outside the EU, the question of blocking the shipment should be on the table, the official said. Only So far 250,000 doses destined for Australia have been blocked, while more than 300 more export applications have been approved because they are destined for EU countries.
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