AA/Paris/Fatih Karakaya
The European Commission and Moderna reached an agreement on Tuesday to deliver 15 million doses of vaccine once morest the Omicron variant, according to a press release from the European Union.
Thus, the commission now reserves 15 million doses of Moderna’s modified vaccines for the Omicron variant for “the summer and winter period”.
“This will allow national authorities to have access to vaccines, including variant-adapted vaccines if authorized, when they need them for their own vaccination campaigns and to support their global partners”, further specifies the communicated.
Adding that “the contractual delivery times initially agreed” can be adapted according to needs, the commission specifies that the first deliveries are expected for September and the following in autumn and winter 2022.
“Increased COVID-19 vaccination and stimulus rates will be critical as we plan to move forward for the fall and winter months,” he said. , Stella Kyriakides, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety.
In addition, she added that “Member States must have the necessary tools, in particular vaccines adapted to the variants, as they are authorized by the European Medicines Agency”.
In addition, the press release also specifies that “this agreement will also ensure that, if one or more adapted vaccines receive a marketing authorization, the Member States can choose to receive these adapted vaccines under the current contract”.
Finally, the commission specifies, all the same that “at the request of certain Member States, the agreement also guarantees 15 million additional booster doses of candidate vaccines containing Omicron by Moderna, subject to marketing authorization in time allowing the use of these doses for their vaccination campaigns”.
For information, these 15 million are part of the global order of 460 million doses placed with Moderna.
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