EU facing pressure to follow UK’s lead on delaying second Covid vaccine

World Health Organization backs decision to leave eight to 12 weeks between doses

Ursula Von Der Leyen gives a speech about the European Union's vaccine strategy
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
(Image credit: Johanna Geron/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

EU leaders are coming under increasing pressure to fall into line with Britain’s strategy of delaying the second Covid-19 vaccine dose after the World Health Organization (WHO) gave its backing to the plan.

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  Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude. He was a columnist for The Big Issue and landed a world exclusive with David Beckham that became the weekly magazine’s bestselling issue. He now writes regularly for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, Metro, FourFourTwo and the i new site. He is also the author of a number of non-fiction books.