EU yet to decide on legal case against AstraZeneca over shortfall

European Commission says no decision taken on whether to sue AstraZeneca over a shortfall in deliveries of COVID shots.

The European Commission has said no decision had yet been taken on whether to launch legal action against AstraZeneca over a shortfall in deliveries of coronavirus vaccine doses, after Ireland’s health minister said the case had been initiated. Health Minister Stephen Donnelly on Thursday told the Irish parliament that “a legal case has been initiated by the commission and earlier this week I have joined Ireland as one of the parties to that legal case.” A spokesman for the European Commission later said, however, that a final decision had not yet been taken.