"Last week, the first batch of a Covid-19 vaccine made by Valneva in Livingston, Scotland, rolled off the production line.
The UK Government had ordered 100 million doses of the Valneva product, making it our equal first choice along with the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine.
Yet Valneva is. . . a French company.
Its chief executive, Franck Grimaud, explained why it will be delivering to the UK months before it will to the EU (probably not until 2022): 'The UK responded the fastest. They took all the risks . . . and immediately forwarded €96 million to use before the end of last December. It's logical that, under contract, we undertook to deliver to them first.'"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-9387367/DOMINIC-LAWSON-moral-high-ground-EU-vaccine-fiasco-lets-stay-there.html
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