UK Says It Expects No Vaccine Interruption From EU; Brussels Admits Irish ‘Blunder’

UK Says It Expects No Vaccine Interruption From EU; Brussels Admits Irish ‘Blunder’
A small shopping basket filled with vials labeled "COVID-19 - Coronavirus Vaccine" is placed on a UK flag in this illustration taken Nov. 29, 2020. Dado Ruvic/Ilustration/Reuters
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BRUSSELS/LONDON—EU officials confessed on Saturday to a “blunder” in invoking Northern Ireland Brexit emergency powers during a showdown with Britain over vaccines, and London said it expected its supply of COVID-19 shots would not be interrupted.

The European Union has fallen far behind Britain and the United States in the race to vaccinate its public. It announced on Friday it would impose export controls on vaccines, widely seen as a threat to prevent doses from being sent to Britain.