The EU is launching a push to approve the Pfizer/ BioNTech coronavirus vaccine next week, after European leaders demanded to know why the approval process on the continent is taking longer than that in the UK.
Bloomberg says countries’ leaders have “struggled to explain” to their respective nations why they’re still waiting for shots that are already being rolled out in the US and UK - a “particular sore spot” given that the Pfizer vaccine was pioneered in Germany.
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