EU TO GET 20 MILLION EXTRA VACCINE DOSES IN Q1 OF 2022

Sun 19 December 2021:

In the first quarter of 2022, the European Union will receive an additional 20 million doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, according to the European Commission.

“In Q1 of 2022, BioNTech-Pfizer will deliver an additional 20 million vaccine doses (5 million in January, 5 million in February and 10 million in March),” the commission said in a statement.

According to the statement, the commission and member countries have also initiated a first option to place an order for more than 200 million doses, per its third contract with Pfizer and BioNTech.

“This order also covers vaccines adapted to the Omicron variant, should these vaccines become available. By this order, the EU is preparing itself in case adapted vaccines are needed. Deliveries of these over 200 million doses are expected to take place as from Q2 2022,” the statement read.

Since the start of the pandemic, EU countries have decided to buy the approved vaccines in mass. Approximately 67 percent of the EU population, including children, has been vaccinated, and more than 62 million people have already received their booster shots.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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