Pfizer to deliver over 200 million vaccines to EU in Quarter 2

Dr Nuala O'Connor about to administer the first dose of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine at Elmwood Medical Practice, Frankfield, Cork.

The European Commission has reached an agreement with Pfizer/BioNTech for accelerated delivery of 10 million doses for Quarter 2.

The accelerated 10 million doses will mean the EU will receive a total of over 200 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine produced by BioNTech and Pfizer in the second quarter.