EU Leaders Pledge to Donate 100 Million Covid Vaccine Doses
- The bloc will also seek to increase global production
- Half of EU adults will have received first dose this week
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European Union leaders on Tuesday committed to donating at least 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to developing countries by the end of the year, and said they will strive to increase global production as much of the world struggles with inoculation campaigns.
At a two-day summit in Brussels, the leaders signed off on “accelerating vaccine sharing to support countries in need,” underlining that the EU is the biggest exporter of coronavirus vaccines, according to final conclusions. They also pledged to continue efforts to boost global production facilities “in order to meet global needs.”