EU seals new Pfizer deal for 1.8 billion Covid-19 vaccines

BRUSSELS: The European Union signed a new contract with

Pfizer-Biontech

to receive 1.8 billion doses of

Covid-19

vaccines for 2021-2023, to cover booster shots, donations and reselling of doses, the

European Commission

said on Friday.


"Happy to announce that @EU_Commission has just approved a contract for guaranteed 900 million doses (+900 million options) with @BioNTech_Group and @Pfizer for 2021-2023," European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen said on Twitter. "Other contracts and other

vaccine

technologies will follow," she said.