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Commission president announces 160 million doses of Moderna vaccine contract

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced today (24 November) that the Commission will approve its 6th contract for a COVID-19 vaccine with an order for up to 160 million doses of the Moderna vaccine, recently found to have 95% effective in recent trials. 

The Commission has also made orders with CureVacc, Pfizer/BioNTech, AstraZeneca, Sanofi-GSK, Janssen Pharmaceutica. Once the vaccine is indeed proven as safe and effective, every member state will receive it at the same time on a pro-rata basis on the same conditions.

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