Thursday, 25 March 2021

Coronavirus live news: EU demands 'fair share' of Covid jabs, US doubles vaccine target

Biden pledges 200m jabs in his first 100 days; Brazil records more than 100,000 new daily cases; Mexico death toll passes 100,000

The virtual EU summit has seen the leaders back “global value chains” rather than support Brussels in using new powers to block Covid jab exports to highly vaccinated countries, writes the Guardian’s correspondent in Brussels, Daniel Boffey.

The commission increased its scope on Wednesday for blocking exports to countries with a better record than the EU in vaccinating its population, or those that restrict exports through law or in their contracts with suppliers.

Related: EU leaders back 'global value chains' instead of vaccine export bans

Hello and welcome to our continuing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, with me, Alison Rourke.

Before we kick off, here’s a summary of the main news so far:

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from World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/3ckMCTs

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