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Over 250M vaccines administered in EU
Bloc getting closer to reach target of vaccinating 70% of EU’s adult population in July, says EU chief
Agnes Szucs |
02.06.2021 - Update : 03.06.2021
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More than 250 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the European Union, the EU chief said on Wednesday.
In a Twitter post, Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, announced that more than 80 million Europeans have been fully vaccinated.
“We are on track to reach our goal: deliver enough doses to vaccinate 70% of the adult EU population in July”, von der Leyen added.
In total, 400 million vaccine doses will be delivered to EU member states by the end of June.
