{"id":39559,"date":"2021-03-26T08:20:09","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T08:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/?p=39559"},"modified":"2021-03-26T09:46:59","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T09:46:59","slug":"costa-warns-if-the-eu-refuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/costa-warns-if-the-eu-refuses\/","title":{"rendered":"Costa warns: \u201cIf the EU refuses to export vaccines\u201d, it risks running out of components to produce them","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Portuguese PM warns of risks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2021\/03\/costa-360x223.png\" alt=\"Portuguese Prime Minister, Ant\u00f3nio Costa, \" class=\"wp-image-39560 lazyload\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2021\/03\/costa-360x223.png\" alt=\"Portuguese Prime Minister, Ant\u00f3nio Costa, \" class=\"wp-image-39560\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/costa-360x223.png 360w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/costa-500x310.png 500w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/costa.png 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the mainland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publico.pt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">P\u00fablico<\/a> reports on the EU efforts to increase vaccination capacity.\u00a0European countries want to &#8220;increase the production capacity&#8221; of vaccines and &#8220;enforce contracts&#8221; with pharmaceutical companies.\u00a0The Portuguese Prime Minister, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ant%C3%B3nio_Costa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ant\u00f3nio Costa<\/a>, accepts the possibility of canceling exports but warned that there were risks for Europe if this happens.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Thursday, the prime minister explained, in a press conference, the main topics addressed in the virtual meeting between the leaders of the 27 member states.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere were fundamentally two moments that marked this European Council.\u00a0The first, of course, was the debate on the situation with COVID-19, which continues to be very worrying especially in some countries that are now beginning to suffer the impact of the third wave.\u00a0On the other hand,\u00a0the effort required to speed up the vaccination process\u00a0at European level\u201d, began by saying Ant\u00f3nio Costa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-heading\">Costa call for European effort<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In order to achieve greater production of vaccines and ensure that contracts are fulfilled, the Prime Minister says that a European-scale effort will be organized,\u00a0\u201c\u00a0using all instruments, including the export ban &#8211; if necessary &#8211; but safeguarding the supply chains, which are essential to ensure the operation of the industry, both in Europe and abroad\u201d, continued Ant\u00f3nio Costa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Costa says, however, that\u00a0blocking the export of vaccines will be the last resort, recalling that the production of these drugs requires components that arrive from countries outside the continent.\u00a0\u201cThere is at least one vaccine that has more than 80 components, many of which come from outside Europe.\u00a0If we refuse to export, we risk not being provided with some of these components. \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Friday, Portugal will be visited by the\u00a0European Internal Market Commissioner, Thierry Breton, who is responsible for planning this European effort to increase the production and vaccination capacity in the European Union.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The prime minister says that Europe is\u00a0the \u201cbloc that has most exported\u201d vaccines, asking for \u201creciprocity\u201d from the other economic blocs.\u00a0At the moment, production capacities are being mapped in the 27 Member States: \u201cWhat the Commission is doing is articulating different capacities, so that we can respond to the need to increase production.\u00a0There are phases [in the production of the vaccine] that Portugal does not have the capacity to produce, but there are others &#8211; whether of components or filling &#8211; that we have.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to Peter A for the link, and an observation that Portugal has a very good prime minister!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>COVID-19 in Madeira:\u00a0<\/strong>daily updates can be found\u00a0on\u00a0an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/covid-19-in-madeira-latest-update\/\">earlier post.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-green-cyan-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Vaccinations in Madeira:\u00a0<\/strong>updates can be found\u00a0on\u00a0an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/covid-19-vaccination-update\/\">earlier post.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portuguese PM warns of risks On the mainland P\u00fablico reports on the EU efforts to increase vaccination capacity.\u00a0European countries want to &#8220;increase the production capacity&#8221; of vaccines and &#8220;enforce contracts&#8221; with pharmaceutical companies.\u00a0The Portuguese Prime Minister, Ant\u00f3nio Costa, accepts the possibility of canceling exports but warned that there were risks for Europe if this happens.\u00a0 This Thursday, the prime minister explained, in a press conference, the main topics addressed in the virtual meeting between the leaders of the 27 member states.\u00a0 \u201cThere were fundamentally two moments that marked this European Council.\u00a0The first, of course, was the debate on the situation with COVID-19, which continues to be very worrying especially in some countries that are now beginning to suffer the impact of the third wave.\u00a0On the other hand,\u00a0the effort required to speed up the vaccination process\u00a0at European level\u201d, began by saying Ant\u00f3nio Costa. Costa call for European effort In order to achieve greater production of vaccines and ensure that contracts are fulfilled, the Prime Minister says that a European-scale effort will be organized,\u00a0\u201c\u00a0using all instruments, including the export ban &#8211; if necessary &#8211; but safeguarding the supply chains, which are essential to ensure the operation of the industry, both in Europe and abroad\u201d, continued Ant\u00f3nio Costa. Costa says, however, that\u00a0blocking the export of vaccines will be the last resort, recalling that the production of these drugs requires components that arrive from countries outside the continent.\u00a0\u201cThere is at least one vaccine that has more than 80 components, many of which come from outside Europe.\u00a0If we refuse to export, we risk not being provided with some of these components. \u201d This Friday, Portugal will be visited by the\u00a0European Internal Market Commissioner, Thierry Breton, who is responsible for planning this European effort to increase the production and vaccination capacity in the European Union.\u00a0 The prime minister says that Europe is\u00a0the \u201cbloc that has most exported\u201d vaccines, asking for \u201creciprocity\u201d from the other economic blocs.\u00a0At the moment, production capacities are being mapped in the 27 Member States: \u201cWhat the Commission is doing is articulating different capacities, so that we can respond to the need to increase production.\u00a0There are phases [in the production of the vaccine] that Portugal does not have the capacity to produce, but there are others &#8211; whether of components or filling &#8211; that we have.\u00a0 Thanks to Peter A for the link, and an observation that Portugal has a very good prime &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Costa warns: \u201cIf the EU refuses to export vaccines\u201d, it risks running out of components to produce them\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/costa-warns-if-the-eu-refuses\/#more-39559\" aria-label=\"Read more about Costa warns: \u201cIf the EU refuses to export vaccines\u201d, it risks running out of components to produce them\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-island-regional-people-headlines","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}