EU, Italy stop AstraZeneca vaccine exports to Australia

A shipment of a quarter million #AstraZeneca vaccines destined for #Australia has been blocked from leaving the #EuropeanUnion in the first use of an export control system instituted by the bloc to make sure big pharma companies would respect their contracts. Subscribe to France 24 now: http://f24.my/youtubeEN FRANCE 24 live news stream: all the latest news 24/7 http://f24.my/YTliveEN Visit our website: http://www.france24.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://f24.my/youtubeEN Like us on Facebook:   / france24.english   Follow us on Twitter:   / france24_en