Von der Leyen says AstraZeneca will deliver 9 million more doses of the vaccine

In good news at the start of a new month, Ursula Von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, tweeted on Sunday that AstraZeneca to begin deliveries of its COVID-19 vaccine a week earlier than expected.

The EU president added that the Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company will deliver nine million more doses of its vaccine to the Union in the first quarter of this year, making a total of 40 million for this period.

Key Comments:

“AstraZeneca will deliver 9 million additional doses in the first quarter (40 million in total) compared to last week’s offer and will begin deliveries a week earlier than scheduled. “

“The company would expand its manufacturing capacity in Europe“.

“It is essential to prepare for the appearance of the different variants.”

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