European Commission signs second COVID-19 vaccine contract


By Li JizhiUnreguser
  • World
  • Saturday, 19 Sep 2020

BRUSSELS, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission on Friday concluded its second contract with a pharmaceutical company for a possible vaccine against COVID-19, the Commission said in a statement.

The contract signed with France's Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) of Britain will allow all European Union (EU) member states to purchase up to 300 million doses of the Sanofi-GSK vaccine. Moreover, member states may donate reserved doses to lower and middle-income countries.

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