Matina Stevis-Gridneff, Margot Sanger-Katz and Noah Weiland, The New York Times Published: 19 Dec 2020 10:45 PM BdST Updated: 19 Dec 2020 10:45 PM BdST A health care worker makes a selfie while receiving a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va., on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. (Michael A. McCoy/The New York Times)
The European Union appears to have paid less than the United States for some of the coronavirus vaccines it secured, according to confidential pricing data that was released in a seeming blunder. ); }
A Belgian government minister released, then quickly deleted, a Twitter post late Thursday containing prices that the EU has negotiated to pay pharmaceutical companies for coronavirus vaccines.
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Boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Portage, Michigan, US, December 13, 2020. Reuters pic
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BRUSSELS, Dec 18 The European Commission refused to comment directly today 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 yesterday in a tweet by a junior minister in Belgium’s government that gave a cost breakdown of six vaccines in the Commission’s portfolio.
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BRUSSELS: The European Commission refused to comment directly on Friday (Dec 18) 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 on 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.
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Advertisement We cannot say anything about this, one of the spokesmen, Stefan de Keersmaecker, told journalists, without denying the tweet s accuracy.
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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.