Covid-19 roundup: Eu­rope re­serves 1.8 bil­lion dos­es of Pfiz­er vac­cines; Re­pub­li­cans slam Biden's TRIPS waiv­er sup­port

The Eu­ro­pean Com­mis­sion on Thurs­day signed a con­tract with Pfiz­er and BioN­Tech that will al­low for the pur­chase of 900 mil­lion dos­es of the cur­rent vac­cine and of a vac­cine adapt­ed to vari­ants, with the op­tion to pur­chase an ad­di­tion­al 900 mil­lion dos­es.

The EU cur­rent­ly has 600 mil­lion Pfiz­er dos­es through 2021, and the ad­di­tion­al 900 mil­lion are ex­pect­ed be­gin­ning in De­cem­ber 2021 and con­tin­u­ing in­to 2023.

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