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Eva-Maria Liimets, Estonian Foreign Minister, who announced the additional vaccines, thanked Lithuania for “the good cooperation and support in this process.”
The Financial Times reported that Latvia should receive an additional 376,000 in the second quarter. dose of vaccine, Estonia – 41 thousand.
Croatia, Slovakia and Bulgaria will also receive additional vaccines.
Due to the solidarity mechanism to divide nearly 3 million. The doses have been agreed by 24 EU countries. Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic did not contribute to the plan.
These vaccines are administered to the most disadvantaged countries. In the fourth quarter, they will “pay off the debt” and will consequently receive less than other member states that have agreed to share vaccines.
Latvia is one of the least vaccinated countries in Europe, with many delayed AstraZeneca vaccines and few Pfizer vaccines. Estonia has been more successful in vaccinating than most other European countries, but has recently recorded a high incidence of coronavirus.
The three million doses divided into five countries are part of the 10 million. an additional vaccine package that Pfizer will deliver ahead of schedule. The remaining 7 million. it should be distributed among all Member States according to population.
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