European Commission Exports Over 1 Billion Covid-19 Vaccines

Over the past 10 months

The European Commission President says the bloc has exported more than 1 billion Covid-19 vaccines in the past 10 months.

Ursula Von Der Leyen says 87 million doses have been sent to the WHO's Covax programme for middle and low income countries, with the majority going to bigger economies due to supply contracts.

Ms. Von Der Leyen says the bloc's vaccine production has been shared fairly with the rest of the world:

Important milestone reached in delivering #COVID19 vaccines to the world.

The EU has exported over 1 billion doses over the past 10 months.

Vaccines made in 🇪🇺 have been shipped to over 150 countries.

We are the largest exporter of #COVID19 vaccines. https://t.co/E3wddMrPWo

— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) October 18, 2021