The government allocates 700 million euros to the purchase of vaccines.

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The Netherlands is ready for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to approve the first vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, starting vaccination from January 4, Dutch Health Minister Hugo de Jonge said on Tuesday , in a statement on the ministry’s website.

According to him, according to the contract with the German pharmaceutical companies BioNTech and the US pharmaceutical company Pfizer, one million doses of the vaccine could reach the country before the end of the year. Manufacturers will then make an additional 1.6 million doses of their jointly developed vaccine available to the country in the first quarter. If the vaccine proves effective, it will first vaccinate at least 450,000 people, including the elderly, patients and healthcare workers, he said.

The Netherlands has so far contracted with six pharmaceutical companies, BioNTech-Pfizer, Moderna, Janssen, AstraZeneca, CureVac and Sanofi, to supply 50 million doses of the vaccine so far. The government has set aside 700 million euros to buy the vaccines.

According to the local press, on December 1 an extraordinary Dutch law came into force that requires the use of a mask that covers the nose and mouth in public places. According to the measure taken to curb the coronavirus infection, the use of masks is mandatory in all public buildings, including schools, grocery stores and restaurants. Violators can be fined up to € 95.

BioNTech and Pfizer on Tuesday submitted an application for European approval of their SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus vaccine. If the Amsterdam-based European Medicines Agency (EMA) finds that the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks of coronavirus infection and treatment and makes a positive recommendation to market the vaccine in Europe, the production of the vaccine, now known as BNT162b2, could start in Europe before the end of the year. and use. The pharmaceutical agency said Tuesday that it would hold a special meeting on the licensing of the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccines no later than Dec. 29.

According to a report from the Netherlands Institute of Public Health on Tuesday, 33,949 new infections have been identified in the country over the past seven days. This is a decrease from the data of 37,000 two weeks ago. 1,007 people were transferred to the hospital, 183 of whom receive intensive care. Since the outbreak, 9,515 have died from complications from the virus, 406 during the week. The number of confirmed cases is currently 535,978 in the Netherlands.



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