"We aim to have offered a jab to 70% of all adults by the end of
July...this is almost the same target as the one the U.S. has set,"
she told a conference.
Critics of the EU vaccination campaign should keep in mind that the
EU has exported 220 million jabs, almost as many as it has used for
its own citizens, von Leyen said in a snipe at the U.S. and Britain.
"Others are keeping their entire vaccine production all to
themselves, but the EU will reach its vaccination targets without
sealing itself off from the world."
(Reporting by Sabine Siebold; Editing by Riham Alkousaa)
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