Jerome Hughes
Press TV, Brussels
The chances of survival for those suffering severe illness due to COVID-19 differs greatly across the European Union. EU lawmakers say the pandemic has highlighted deadly health inequalities within the bloc.
How the EU deals with crises was the subject of scathing criticism during a debate on the bloc's health systems in the European Parliament. There were major failings when COVID-19 began to wreak havoc in Italy 13 months ago and now the EU's vaccine strategy is being described as a fiasco.