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“In the best of April, we will have a lot of doses of the vaccine,” he said Wednesday. Therefore, according to Mr von der Leyen, European citizens must be aware that “Christmas will be very different this year”.
In the best of cases, we will have 1.2 billion dollars throughout the year 2021. doses of vaccine, said the head of the commission. They would be enough for about 700 million. people. This means that the EU could not only protect its citizens from the virus, but also fulfill its promise to provide vaccines to poor countries.
The vaccination will not be a “miracle” that will change the situation “in a day,” von von Leyen warned. He also noted that not all vaccine development programs will be successful. Therefore, the EU has signed agreements with several potential producers.
However, it is not yet clear for how long immunity will be acquired after vaccination, continued the head of the commission. It will not be one hundred percent.
“It could be 70 percent, maybe even less,” he said. However, this is said to be perfectly normal with the development of the first generation vaccine.
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