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The global need for vaccines is estimated at 11 billion doses. So far, the EU has delivered some 24 million doses to low-income countries (Photo: European Parliament)

Von der Leyen doubles up on vaccine-donation pledge

The European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced on Wednesday (15 September) the EU will donate 200 million additional Covid-19 vaccine doses to low-income countries - doubling its current pledge.

"Our first, and most urgent, priority is to speed up global vaccination," she said in her address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

Globally, some 5.5 billion vaccine doses have been administered so far. But the vaccination rate in high-income countries is almost ...

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

The global need for vaccines is estimated at 11 billion doses. So far, the EU has delivered some 24 million doses to low-income countries (Photo: European Parliament)

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

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