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EU to buy extra 100 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

December 30, 2020

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THE European Union (EU) will purchase an additional 100 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, officials said on Tuesday, as the bloc of 27 nations has launched its effort to vaccinate its 450 million-person population.

back link building services=0></a></div><p>European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the new purchase on Twitter on Tuesday, which brings the EU’s total of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses to 300 million.</p><p>“We decided to take an additional 100 million doses of the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine, which is already being used to vaccinate people across the EU,” she said.</p><h2>Read Also: <a href=https://thenationonlineng.net/needless-2020-lessons-solutions/ target=_blank rel=

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The EU’s purchase comes as some vaccine candidates that the bloc has invested in have experienced delays during its trials, leading it to rely on the 200 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine that it originally purchased.

Guest posting agency=0></a></div><p>Over the weekend, EU countries first began receiving the vaccine that drug regulators approved last week.</p><p>In the first contract with the EU, Pfizer and BioNTech agreed to provide 200 million doses for $18.80 per dose, officials told Reuters last month. The deal for 100 million more doses had the same price per dose although a timeline is yet to be agreed upon, officials said.</p><p>The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine became the first approved by Western drug regulators – first in the U.K. and the U.S. earlier this month, both of which have been administering the vaccine for a few weeks.</p><p><a class=a2a_button_facebook href=

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