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EU planning to buy 180 million additional vaccine doses – Spiegel – Metro US

EU planning to buy 180 million additional vaccine doses – Spiegel

FILE PHOTO: Vials labelled “COVID-19 Coronavirus-Vaccine” and medical syringe are
FILE PHOTO: Vials labelled “COVID-19 Coronavirus-Vaccine” and medical syringe are placed on the European Union map in this picture illustration

BERLIN (Reuters) – The European Commission is planning to exercise options to buy 180 million additional doses of coronavirus vaccine, German magazine Der Spiegel reported on Tuesday.

The Commission is planning to buy 80 million additional doses from U.S. manufacturer Moderna and 100 million from German company BioNtech and its U.S. partner Pfizer, Spiegel reported.

(Writing by Paul Carrel; Editing by Arno Schuetze)