Why the EU’s covid-19 vaccination programme went wrong
The commission should have done much better
MUCH OF EUROPE’s battle against covid-19 has been fought at a national level, or in federal countries below it. It was there that decisions were made about when to confine people, how to allocate resources, what to do about tracking and isolation requirements.
This article appeared in the Briefing section of the print edition under the headline “The lack of needles and the damage done”
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