U.S. buys another 100M doses of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine
The $1.95 billion agreement doubles the overall U.S. order for the vaccine to 200 million doses.
A vial of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine is displayed at Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla, Wash. | Greg Lehman/Walla Walla Union-Bulletin via AP
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Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech will supply 100 million more doses of their coronavirus vaccine to the United States by this summer after protracted negotiations over how much the companies could deliver, given their commitments to other nations.
The $1.95 billion agreement doubles the overall U.S. order for the vaccine to 200 million doses. Pfizer and BioNTech said they can supply 70 million doses by June 30, 2021, with the remaining 30 million doses delivered by the end of July.
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As a guest on Prva TV, he thanked everyone who is working on equipping COVID hospital in Kruševac, which will be opened on Sunday. As far as the vaccine is concerned, I have absolute trust in Varhelyi, he is a sincere friend of Serbia and he is trying to get Serbia to receive the vaccine on time, he said. He mentioned that all vaccines will be free, that the first quantity of Pfizer vaccines will arrive soon. There will not be 10.000 doses, but 5.000, and with that we will enter nursing homes. It is intended for people older than 75, he said. He stated that mass vaccination will be carried out soon. People should not worry, we will have enough vaccines and Serbia will not be on the tail and we will not be anyone s guinea pig, people will get good and safe vaccines, he noted.