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The EU and the Republic of Moldova issued a joint press statement following their 7th Association Council meeting.
Health Minister Chris Fearne has rubbished suggestions that Malta is secretly procuring extra vaccine doses under the noses of other EU member states. Fearne said all COVID-19 vaccines obtained by the country had been procured through deals agreed by all EU member states and the European Commission, dismissing claims of “vaccine bazaars” which made headlines across Europe on Friday. Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said earlier in the day that some countries may have signed “secret contracts” with vaccine companies to receive more vaccines than they are entitled to based on EU ...
The government agreed on Tuesday to request an additional 660,000 additional doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from the EU's joint procurement scheme providing it can be delivered in the second quarter. As doses gradually arrive in Estonia, it is possible to order more and increase the pace of vaccination in the second quarter, the Ministry of Social Affairs said. Under the EU's joint procurement deal, Estonia will receive an initial 603,876 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. Estonia has also requested an additional 100,000 doses. But now discussions to partially redistribute...