Dutch PM Rutte: expects one million doses of Pfizer, 400,000 doses of Moderna vaccines

By Doina Chiacu Posted on December 4, 2020

EU leaders gather for the second day of an EU summit in Brussels

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands’ Prime Minister said on Friday that the country expects to receive 1 million doses of Pfizer’s vaccine in January, and 400,000 doses of Moderna’s vaccine in the first quarter of 2021.

Mark Rutte said that in the best case scenario, if the vaccines are approved for use in Europe, the country could begin vaccinations from the week of Jan. 4.

(Reporting by Toby Sterling, editing by Louise Heavens)