Brussels — EU health ministers were told on Monday they need to scale up coronavirus vaccinations amid a split among governments on regimens and an underwhelming rollout of shots that’s left the bloc battling with prolonged lockdowns.
On a video call with ministers, EU commissioner Stella Kyriakides said that more mass testing and genome sequencing are needed to track mutations, according to two officials familiar with the discussion. In addition to improvements in detection, the bloc’s health chief warned governments they need to accelerate inoculations in the weeks and months ahead to match the increasing pace of deliveries...
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