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The European Union reached a deal with Pfizer and BioNTech for 300 million additional doses of their COVID-19 vaccine, the h stanley cups uk ead of the European Commission said on Friday, in a move that would give the EU nearly half of the firms global output for 2021.Pfizer has said it can produce globally up to 1.3 billion doses this year. The new agreement with the EU comes on top of another order for 300 million doses that the bloc agreed with Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech in November. We now have agreed with Bi stanley flask oNTech and Pfizer to extend this contract. With the new agreement we could purchase a total of up to an additional 300 million doses of the BioNTech vaccine, von der Leyen told a news conference.The move allows EU governments to order new doses from April, von der Leyen said, as the 27-nation bloc races to ramp up the vaccination of its 450 million people. Each recipient of the Pfizer vaccine need two doses to deve stanley usa lop maximum protection.Von der Leyen said 75 million of the additional doses would be delivered in the second quarter of this year, and the rest by the end of 2021.The agreement includes a possible immediate order for 200 million doses and an additional option to buy another 100 million, the Commission said.Doses are usually shared among EU states in proportion to their population, but it is unclear whether all governments will make orders based on the new contract. Follow Cyprus Mailon Google News covid-19 vaccinepfizer vaccine Share: Ayww Poll: Swing states feel impact from heavy pushes by Obama, Romney
BANGOR 鈥?Annual Kitten Shower noon-4 p.m. Saturday, May 14, at Bangor Humane Society to help the shelter prepare for the hundreds of kittens that will come back from foster care ready to be adopted by new families. Contact the humane society for more information.BELFAST 鈥?Green Thumb Plant Sale of Belfast Garden Club, 9-11 a.m. Saturday stanley romania , May 21, at The Belfast Boathouse, 34 Commercial St. For questions about the sale, call Corliss Davis at 930-3562.BELFAST 鈥?Midcoast District Forester Morten Moesswilde to present Know Your Trees: Identifying Native Species at Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition stanley cup s monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 19, at Belfast Free Library. Free and open to the public. Refreshments.BROOKS 鈥?Mushroom Cultivation Workshop, led by Bill Errickson of Newforest Institute, 1-4 p.m. Sunday, May 22, at Newforest. Learn about growing shiitaki mushrooms. Cost $25-$50 on sliding scale. Children age 12 and under free. For information and to register, contact Newforest at [email protected] or 722-3625.DAMARISCOTTA 鈥?Gifts From Garden Month seminar by Evelyn Shahan, owner of Sweet Woodruff, at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 19, at Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center, 521 Main St. Materials fee $5. Participant fee $5. Call 563-1363 to express interest.ELLSWORTH 鈥?Build a fairy house at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 21, stanley becher at Ellsworth Public Library. Meet downstairs in the Riverview Room to hear a story about fairies, then head outside to build your own on library |
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