Back in July the UK rejected the offer by the EU of joining the EU's vaccination scheme, which was condemned by many at the time as putting politics before the health of the nation. The UK got in first and put in its orders which was the best move this government has made since winning the election. Maybe the only good move.
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The speed of the roll-out scheme in Europe isn't going at all well in part due to the time vaccines take to get approved, delays in putting the orders in, delays at the national level for the delivery of the vaccines and a shortage of supplies, all of which the UK seems to have avoided.
For us in the UK, to get to go on a weeks holiday in the summer on the Mediterranean, we need somewhere that will be open to the British, with high levels of vaccinations carried out and everywhere with low case numbers. Apart from Gibraltar, which has vaccinated 30% of its tiny population Europe is struggling to hit 2% at the moment. Europe needs to raise its game but in the next few weeks it isn't going to happen. The question then becomes how many airlines will get through the summer.
