Admits the EU could have been much faster with progress on vaccinations

  • the situation is of great concern
  • vaccination is progressing steadily
  • on track to have 70% of adults vaccinated in EU by the end of Q2

(ps Q2 has not yet even started)

  • Europe is the region that exports most vaccines worldwide and we invite others to match our openness
  • we have strong interest with the US to cooperate on keeping supply chains open