BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) (ITALPRESS) – “We expect AstraZeneca to recover the cut doses”. This was stated by the president of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen, in an interview with a group of international newspapers, including La Repubblica. “When we have the complete data we will return to the table with AstraZeneca and call them back to their obligations,” emphasizes Von der Leyen. “In politics there are always ups and downs, but the important thing in an immunization campaign is to hit the final result – explains the president of the EU Commission -. We are just at the beginning of a marathon and I feel I can confirm the goal of get 70% of the adult population in Europe to vaccinate by summer “. “The good news is that AstraZeneca has informed me that deliveries will be brought forward to February 7 with 3.2 million doses, 4.9 million will arrive on February 17 and another 9.2 million by the end of the month for a total of over 17 million vaccines. for February. In March another 23 million will arrive, in total for the next two months it will be 40 million – he continues -. It is up to the company to organize its deliveries. We expect AstraZeneca to respect its contractual obligations, to recover the doses cut in the First quarter. For us February and March are important because then from the second quarter deliveries will go up enormously. We still have two months to do it, with the new mechanism for export authorization, companies have to tell us what they have brought out of ‘Union from December to today. When we have the complete data that will replace the rumors, we will return to the table with AstraZeneca and remind them of their obligations “. (ITALPRESS). sat / red 02-Feb-21 08:38
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