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Old 16-11-2020, 23:56   #943
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Re: Coronavirus

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 View Post
Buying a portfolio of vaccines obviously makes sense and the UK seems to have done a good job here.
However, from the information below, it does appear that the EU was able to buy from Moderna but the UK struggled.

https://twitter.com/Peston/status/1328314816092659712
The EU has yet to sign any deal with Moderna, so as yet the EU hasn't bought anything. The US has already signed up for 500m Moderna doses.
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EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides said on Twitter that Moderna’s results were “encouraging” and that new EU deals with vaccine makers were to “come soon”.
“Negotiations with the company are ongoing. We have not yet concluded or signed a contract,” Kyriakides told EU lawmakers in a regular hearing on Monday.
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