A Belgian judge on Friday forced the pharmaceutical laboratory AstraZeneca to deliver to the 27 countries of the European Union 50 million doses of its anti-Covid vaccine, in three stages by the end of September, under penalty of financial penalties.
The judgment, the main extracts of which have been communicated to the press, has been favorably received by both parties.
The EU, which received only 30 of the 120 million doses promised in the first quarter, demanded that the additional 90 million be paid to it by June 30, under penalty of penalties.
