Brief economic news of February 10, 2021
FHI, Federation of Technology Industries – February 10, 2021
- The RIVM reports 3226 new confirmed corona infections on Wednesday. That is 1455 more than Tuesday. Because test locations were closed earlier this week, the numbers are distorted. There are currently 1990 people in hospitals with corona. That was 2010 on Tuesday.
- Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has slammed the EU's vaccine policy during a debate in the European Parliament, writes the NOSAccording to Von der Leyen, the production of corona vaccines turned out to be much more complicated than the EU had thought.
- The European Commission is considering submitting a request to the United Kingdom asking for an additional two months to consider ratifying the Brexit agreement. The extension would be needed to translate the texts into all 24 recognised European languages, reports the FD.
- AstraZeneca wants to collaborate with German pharmaceutical company IDT Biologika to increase the production of its coronavirus vaccine. The British-Swedish pharmaceutical company please let me know that the new factories will not start operating until the end of 2022.
- The Flemish government will conduct weekly saliva tests on teachers on a large scale, writes Het NieuwsbladAccording to the RAG, the 'Flemish RIVM', it is useful to test, provided that the remaining testing capacity does not come under pressure.
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