Some recipients of the AstraZeneca vaccines may face challenges travelling around Europe after the EU stated that it only recognises vaccines approved by the European Medicines Agency for now. We look into the implementation of this system, and discuss the criticisms that this unfairly penalises poorer countries.

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Produced by: Tasha Fusil, Kelvin Yee, Alia Zefri

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla Ganesan

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Categories:  Politics,  Social Issues,  law & legal matters

Tags:  Evening Edition,  Vaccines,  AstraZeneca,  European Union,  Travel,