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AstraZeneca will contribute another 9 million euros to the European Union in March. doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, said EC President Ursula von der Leyen.
Added: AstraZeneca vaccine will arrive in Lithuania on Feb 7.
She wrote on Twitter that it was a “step forward,” the BBC said.
The president of the European Commission announced that AstraZeneca will present 9 million euros in the first quarter. additional doses compared to the previously promised amount and delivery will begin a week earlier than expected.
This means that AstraZeneca will spend a total of € 40 million in the EU. dose. However, this is still only half the planned amount: AstraZeneca was originally planned to deliver $ 80 million in the first quarter of this year. dose of vaccine.
However, in January, AstraZeneca announced its intention to reduce vaccine deliveries to the Community by 60% in the first quarter to 31 million. due to production problems at the Dutch and Belgian plants.
Last week, AstraZeneca’s decision to supply fewer vaccines to the Community sparked tensions between the European Union and the company.
The EC’s decision to control exports of vaccines produced in the Community threatened to lead the EU to withdraw the EU-UK post-Brexit trade protocol from Northern Ireland, which establishes free movement and trade between Ireland and Ireland. from North.
The EC later withdrew its intention, but did not renounce controls on vaccine exports, which was harshly criticized by the World Health Organization.
VŽ wrote that on Sunday, the German government threatened to sue laboratories that did not meet schedules to deliver coronavirus vaccines to the EU.
On Friday, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved the use of a coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca to vaccinate adult EU citizens. This is the third COVID-19 vaccine approved in the EU, with vaccines developed by Moderna and BioNTech in collaboration with Pfizer.
In August, the EU signed an agreement with this British and Swedish producer for 300 million euros. AstraZeneca doses can be increased by another 100 million.
The first shipment of the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca is expected to arrive in Lithuania on February 7. Health Ministry Chancellor Jurgita Grebenkovienė told LRT radio on Monday, BNS reported.
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