UK says considering response to EU's NI Ireland vaccine move

Britain said on Friday it will consider its response to the European Union's decision to override the Brexit deal's Northern Ireland Protocol, a move that will potentially restrict exports of COVID-19 vaccines into Northern Ireland.

A spokesman for the British government said it would be "be carefully considering next steps", adding that senior minister Michael Gove had expressed the "UK's concern over a lack of notification from the EU about its actions in relation to the NI protocol."