AstraZeneca has hit back after claims of a stockpile of 29 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine at a factory near Rome, saying the jabs are for the EU and developing countries.
Boris Johnson has hit back at EU plans for further vaccine export controls as he said companies may reconsider investing in nations that impose trade blockades.
Just as the European Commission was confirming its plans to tighten the rules around vaccine exports, the Belgian prime minister was talking, just down the road.