Prague EU health ministers meeting starts Tuesday evening

A two-day informal meeting of European Union health ministers begins in Prague on Tuesday evening. The health chiefs are due to hold talks with the producers of vaccines against Covid-19 with a view to revising existing contracts to supply the drugs.

They will also discuss efforts to combat cancer and other serious diseases as well as the impact on healthcare of the war in Ukraine, whose minister of health will join online.

Czechia currently holds the rotating presidency of the EU.