European countries still divided over AstraZeneca vaccine suspension

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France, Germany, Spain and Italy want further clarification before reinstating the jab. The European Medicines Agency is expected to give its verdict tomorrow, but has said it was "firmly convinced" of the benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine. We get the latest from Natasha Loder, health policy editor at The Economist. Chinese tech giant Huawei has recorded its biggest ever annual jump in the number of patents it owns. We discuss how this meets Beijing's call for homegrown innovation. And as the world begins its St Patrick's Day celebrations, we speak to a pub owner in County Wicklow on the east coast of Ireland, whose business has been closed for a year due to the pandemic. Rahul Tandon is joined throughout the programme by Alison van Diggelen, a journalist based in Silicon Valley, and Bloomberg journalist Enda Curran in Hong Kong. (Picture: A syringe with a vaccine. Picture credit: Getty Images.)