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It is essential that in Europe we can have access to the vaccine in an equitable and proportionate manner to the States
", declared the European Commissioner for Industry, Thierry Breton, at the microphone of Europe 1 this Wednesday morning.
He also announced that "
Europe should be able to produce between 2 and 3 billion doses by the end of the year
".
The European Commissioner assures us that Europe is doing everything to accelerate the production of vaccines, and wished to recall that Europe was engaged in a "
fight
" in two stages.
“
First the scientific phase, which we won with a vaccine set up in 10 months against 5 to 10 years usually, an achievement
»Notes Thierry Breton.
The second phase is the production of the vaccine, "making
sure that the vaccines are going to be manufactured is extremely complicated
".
It takes between 400 and 500 components to manufacture a vaccine, "
if only one of the components were to be missing, the whole chain stops
".
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According to the European Commissioner, 178 million doses have been distributed around the world according to figures dated February 17, including "
53 million in the United States, 41 million in China and 35 million in Europe
", he explains.
Criticized for its slowness in the start of anti-Covid vaccination, the European Union aims "
to be sovereign in health by the end of the year
".