Vice President for the European Parliament Roberta Metsola will be leading discussions looking to alter EU’s approval process for vaccines to tackle new COVID-19 variants. Metsola claimed it is not impossible to maintain the highest possible safety and security standards ‘while ensuring the process is streamlined for maximum efficiency.’ Metsola will be representing the European People’s party Group.
Metsola pointed out that with approved vaccines that have already undergone intense checking in terms of even the variants, ‘we can and we should be able to move faster and help countries tackle the so-called third wave’. Metsola also highlighted that with the variants’ emergence, it is essential that the process is done correctly and to ensure people’s confidence in vaccines by not compromising on the ‘existing high public safety standards.’
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