(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 31 - "AstraZeneca will deliver 9 million additional doses in the first quarter (40 million in total), 30% more than last week's offer, and will start distribution one week earlier than scheduled. the company will also expand its production capacity in Europe ". The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, writes in a tweet after meeting the CEOs of pharmaceutical companies with which the European Commission has signed vaccine purchase agreements against Covid-19.
"The European Union maintains its goal of vaccinating 70% of the adult population by the end of next summer," von der Leyen told German TV Zdf after the announcement on AstraZeneca. (HANDLE).