US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech will deliver an additional 75 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the EU until summer, the head of the European Commission said on Monday.

Axar.az reports that this was reported by foreign media.

“BioNTech/ Pfizer will deliver 75 million of additional doses in the second quarter of the year - and up to 600 millions in total in 2021”, Ursula von der Leyen said in a Twitter post.


On Sunday, the UK-based AstraZeneca also agreed to deliver 9 million more jabs to the bloc during the first three months of the year, making it 40 million doses for the period.


This came as a sign of reconciliation after last week’s dispute between the EU’s executive body and biotechnological firms.


The companies were criticized by top EU officials after having announced delays in vaccine shipments, arguing that the bloc financially contributed to their research in development of the jabs in order to receive the jabs first.