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Covid-19: EU leaders to discuss boosting vaccine supplies

The European commission wants them to back plans to tighten controls on vaccine exports.

European Union leaders are to hold virtual talks on how to boost coronavirus vaccine supplies, as a third wave of the pandemic gathers momentum; while many countries are eagerly trying to get their hands on more vaccines there is also still a lot of disinformation about them, some of it spread with a rather sinister agenda as we'll hear; and Pope Francis has ordered pay cuts for cardinals and other clerics as the Vatican battles to balance its books during the pandemic.

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  • Thu 25 Mar 2021 07:06GMT