Hancock has constructive vaccine talks with NI health minister

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has spoken to his counterpart in Northern Ireland, Robin Swann, over the supply of coronavirus vaccines after the EU imposed export controls.

A spokesman for the Department of Health and Social Care said: “The health secretary and minister of health for Northern Ireland had a constructive discussion on the supply of Covid-19 vaccines.”

It is the latest in a series of developments in the past 24 hours after the EU said it would move to check exports of vaccines produced in the bloc.

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