Vaccine, Breton: by 14 July we will have herd immunity in Europe

PARIS. Europe could achieve herd immunity by 14 July, European Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton said, highlighting an expected increase in vaccine deliveries. “It’s a symbolic date: on July 14, we have the possibility of achieving immunity at the continent level,” he told French channel TF1. “It is the last straight path because we know that to defeat this pandemic, there is only one solution: to be vaccinated. The vaccines are coming, there will be, ”Breton said. “Between March and June, between 300 and 350 million doses of the vaccine will be delivered,” he said. The European commissioner specified the increase in the pace of deliveries expected in Europe, with 60 million doses delivered in March, 100 million in April, 120 million in May and 55 factories are producing vaccines in Europe.