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The European Commission refused to comment directly Friday on a leak of how much it would pay for Covid-19 vaccine doses, stressing confidentiality clauses with the companies involved.
Spokesmen for the EU executive were questioned about the information revealed Thursday in a tweet by a junior minister in Belgium's government that gave a cost breakdown of six vaccines in the Commission's portfolio.
The tweet was deleted shortly afterwards, but screen grabs of it were quickly posted on social media.
"We cannot say anything about this," one of the spokesmen, Stefan de Keersmaecker, told journalists, without denying the tweet's accuracy.