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Ursula von der Leyen says EU has reached Covid vaccine target

Commission president says EU has delivered enough vaccine to inoculate 70% of adults in the bloc

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The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, announces that the EU is prepared to deliver more vaccines. She faced criticism earlier in the year for failing to ensure deliveries. Photograph: Thierry Monasse/Getty Images

Reuters

Sat 10 Jul 2021 12.40 BST

Last modified on Sun 11 Jul 2021 00.05 BST

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The EU has delivered enough coronavirus vaccine doses to member states to reach a target to fully vaccinate at least 70% of adults in the bloc, the European Commission chief, Ursula von der Leyen, said in a statement on Saturday.

Von der Leyen, who had tweeted on 9 May that the EU was on track to meet its goal of inoculating 70% of adults by summer, urged EU countries to increase vaccinations and said about 500m doses would be distributed across the union by Sunday.

“The European Union has kept its word. This weekend we have delivered enough vaccines to member states to be in a position to vaccinate fully at least 70% of the EU adults this month,” she said in a video statement.

“But Covid-19 is not yet defeated. We are prepared to deliver more vaccines, including against new variants,” said von der Leyen, who faced criticism at the start of 2021 for failing to make sure companies delivered contracted vaccines.

The EU has a longer-term goal of having enough vaccines to immunise its entire eligible population by the end of September, and said in May it was confident of having enough vaccine to reach that target.

Target achieved! 
 
We have delivered enough vaccines to EU countries to vaccinate fully at least 70% of EU adults still this month. 
 
COVID-19 is not yet defeated. But we are prepared to deliver more vaccines. 
 
We will only come out of this crisis together. 
 #SafeVaccines pic.twitter.com/5yYCtbqBxc

— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) July 10, 2021

In her latest statement Von der Leyen added that the EU was prepared to deliver more doses, including vaccines which act against new variants.

The EU, which is coordinating vaccine purchasing for its member states, has been largely relying on the jab developed by BioNTech and Pfizer, but is also purchasing a number of other vaccines.

Last week the commission said EU countries had ordered nearly 40m additional doses of the vaccine produced by Johnson & Johnson.

It has warned that it expects the highly contagious Delta variant to become dominant in Europe this summer, citing estimates from the EU disease prevention agency.

Recent studies have shown that the Delta variant reduces the effectiveness of vaccines against symptomatic infection, but two doses are highly effective in preventing serious illness and deaths.