EU wants AstraZeneca to deliver 120 mln COVID vaccines by end-June

Astrazeneca Pharma India

11/05/2021 08:12

BRUSSELS, May 11 (Reuters) - The European Union is willing
to see its COVID-19 vaccine contract with AstraZeneca fulfilled
by the company three months later than agreed, providing
AstraZeneca delivers 120 million vaccines by the end of June, a
lawyer representing the EU told a Belgian court on Tuesday.
    AstraZeneca had originally agreed with the EU to deliver 300
million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine by the end of June, but
has so far delivered only 50 million.
    The lawyer told the court the EU could accept the full
contract of 300 million to be delivered only by the end of
September, but the company should deliver 120 million doses by
the end of June. AstraZeneca had offered o deliver only 100
million by the end of June.

 (Reporting by Francesco Guarascio; writing by Jan Strupczewski)
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