Watch live as EU drug regulator gives briefing on Covid

An EU drug regulator gives a briefing on Covid amid concerns over a winter spike in infections.

The European Union’s top official said Monday that the bloc has now exported over 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the rest of the world.

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the vaccines have been sent to over 150 nations, making the 27-member bloc the largest exporter of the vaccines in the world, to nations including Japan, Britain South Africa and Brazil.

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