European public prosecutor is investigating billions of buy of corona vaccines by the European Union – Muricas News

The European Public Prosecutor’s Workplace is investigating the billion-dollar buy of coronavirus vaccines by the European Union. The European prosecutor introduced this on Friday. “This distinctive affirmation comes after the extraordinarily excessive public curiosity,” it mentioned in a press release from the European Public Prosecutor’s Workplace. Additional particulars aren't being launched in the meanwhile.

On the top of the pandemic, the European Fee negotiated contracts for tens of millions of doses of the vaccine with the pharmaceutical firms on behalf of member states. It's not clarified which a part of that course of has been topic to an investigation. Earlier criticisms associated to delays in deliveries and contractual particulars, a few of which had been leaked on-line.

Just some weeks in the past, the European Courtroom of Auditors concluded that the European Fee has insufficiently examined its procurement course of for the acquisition of corona vaccines.