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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION has agreed a supplement to vaccine deliveries for the second quarter of the year with the pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech.
The president of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced this morning the agreement that implies an accelerated delivery of 10 million additional doses over the next three months.
This will bring total deliveries of this vaccine to 200 million for that quarter. Ireland’s share of that (about 1.1%) will be over two million doses.
Von der Leyen said this will give member states room to maneuver and possibly fill gaps in deliveries.
“I know how critical the second quarter is for the implementation of our vaccination strategies in the member states,” he said.
These additional doses will be drawn from the 100 million dose option in the second contract with Pfizer / BioNTech, scheduled for the third and fourth quarters of this year.
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The Commission proposal will now go to the Member States for approval in the Joint Management Board.
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