Vienna, March 13 (AFP/APP): Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Latvia have called for a EU summit to discuss “huge disparities” in the distribution of vaccines, according to a letter published Saturday. Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz suggested Friday that some members of the European Union may have signed “secret contracts” with vaccine companies to receive more doses than they were entitled to as per EU-wide agreements. Kurz and his four counterparts on Friday sent a letter to Ursula Von der Leyen, president of the European Com#mission, and Charles Michel, president of the European Council, claiming that “deliveries of vaccine doses by pharma companies to individual EU member states are not being implemented on an equal basis.” “If this system were to carry on, it would continue creating and exacerbating huge disparities among member states by this summer, whereby some would be able to reach herd immunity in a few weeks while others would lag far behind,” the letter said. “We therefore call on you… to hold a discussion on this important matter among leaders as soon as possible,” it said. Kurz on Friday described “bazaars” where some member states made additional agreements with vaccine companies, but an EU spokesman said that it was up to … Continue reading Countries call for a EU summit to discuss “huge disparities”