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The European Union has imposed restrictions on vaccine exports as the bloc granted approval to the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Regulators authorised AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine for use in adults throughout the European Union on Friday, amid criticism the bloc is not moving fast enough to vaccinate its population. The European Medicines Agency's expert committee unanimously recommended the vaccine to be used in people 18 and over,

AstraZeneca has offered eight million more doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to the European Union to try to defuse a row over supplies, but the bloc says that's still far short of what was originally promised.

Germany's top vaccine committee announced a similar move on Thursday. Regardless of who could get the jab, the EU would still have to contend with significantly smaller first deliveries than promised.

AstraZeneca's struggle continues with the EU as the German panel has advised against administering the vaccine, co-developed with Oxford University, for people aged above 65.

Germany says there is not enough information to assess the vaccine’s efficacy in older people. Follow updates here.

The Philippine Food and Drug Administration FDA has authorised the emergency use of the vaccine against the coronavirus developed by the AstraZeneca company

An AstraZeneca plant in Wales was evacuated and the bomb disposal unit called after a “suspicious package” was found.

AstraZeneca has rejected media reports questioning its coronavirus vaccine's effectiveness when used on the elderly.

Two German newspapers have been slammed globally after it reported the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine didn’t work in elderly people.