{"id":107286,"date":"2021-02-17T13:38:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T13:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=107286"},"modified":"2021-02-17T13:38:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T13:38:07","slug":"eu-books-150-million-extra-moderna-covid-19-vaccines-for-2021-option-for-more-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/eu-books-150-million-extra-moderna-covid-19-vaccines-for-2021-option-for-more-in-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"EU books 150 million extra Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for 2021, option for more in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<figcaption class=\"Slideshow-description-447Md\">Slideshow <span>( 2 images )<\/span><\/figcaption><p>BRUSSELS (Reuters) &#8211; The European Commission said on Wednesday it had struck a deal for an extra 150 million doses of Moderna\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine this year, nearly doubling the number of shots secured from the U.S. biotech firm for 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Under the deal, which confirms what Reuters exclusively reported on Monday, the European Union also has the option to buy another 150 million doses next year.<\/p>\n<p>The EU has already booked 160 million doses of the Moderna shot for this year. Deliveries began in January, with a target to supply 10 million doses by the end of March, although there have been some delays.<\/p>\n<p>Moderna confirmed the deal.<\/p>\n<p>With the new agreement, the EU has secured up to 2.6 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines from six vaccine makers, the Commission said. That compares with an EU population of around 450 million, although not all vaccines may pass clinical tests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis brings us closer to our major objective: ensure that all Europeans have access to safe and effective vaccines as quickly as possible,\u201d EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-health-coronavirus-eu-moderna\/eu-books-150-million-extra-moderna-covid-19-vaccines-for-2021-option-for-more-in-2022-idUSKBN2AH1GJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slideshow ( 2 images )BRUSSELS (Reuters) &#8211; The European Commission said on Wednesday it had struck a deal for an extra 150 million doses of [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":107285,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EU books 150 million extra Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for 2021, option for more in 2022 - Fin2me<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/eu-books-150-million-extra-moderna-covid-19-vaccines-for-2021-option-for-more-in-2022\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EU books 150 million extra Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for 2021, option for more in 2022 - Fin2me\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Slideshow ( 2 images )BRUSSELS (Reuters) &#8211; 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