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EU Signs New Contract With Pfizer for 1.8 Billion Vaccine Doses

  • Pfizer to supply additional vaccine doses in 2021-2023
  • Contract foresees monthly deliveries and sanctions for delays

Pfizer BioNTech vaccines at the Belgian CHC MontLegia hospital. 

Photographer:  Vincent Kalut/Photonews/Getty Images

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European Commission approved on a new Covid vaccine contract with Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE, paving the way for as many as 1.8 billion doses for 2021-2023, President Ursula von der Leyen said Saturday.

The contract is for a guaranteed 900 million shots, with an option for a further 900 million.