Austrian coy to contribute 5m more vaccine doses to EU
An Austrian company has managed to increase its production and will contribute 5 million more Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine doses to the European Union (EU), said Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.
Kurz said this at a news conference in Vienna on Friday.
Polymun Scientific, a company specialising in the production of lipid nanoparticles for the BioNtech/Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, would increase its production from more than 15 million to 20 million doses for the EU by the summer, said Kurz.
“I am pleased that we have succeeded in securing the delivery of five million additional doses with the help of the EU and thus 100,000 more vaccination doses for us in Austria,” he said.
He noted that Austria is still waiting for the “ketchup bottle effect” — in other words, enough doses to vaccinate as many people as possible quickly.
He also explained that his meeting on Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen had focused on joint vaccine production for the coming years.
Regarding vaccine procurement, the chancellor said that talks are currently being held with Russia and China.
According to him, everything that helps in this phase is good, because it is not about geopolitical issues, but “how to save as many lives as possible and return to normal as quickly as possible.” (Xinhua/NAN)
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