Lesotho receives their first shipment of 36,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India through the COVAX vaccine-sharing initiative.
Italy invokes theEuropeanUnionpowerstoblockshipment of 250,700 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine toAustraliaamid escalationsbetweenthe blocand AstraZeneca.The EuropeanCommission endorsesthemove.