Moderna
hopes to deliver COVID vaccines to Germany faster -
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[June 24, 2021]
BERLIN (Reuters) - Drugmaker Moderna Inc
hopes to be able to deliver the COVID-19 vaccines it has promised to
Germany faster than originally planned, Dan Staner, its European head,
was quoted as telling the WirtschaftsWoche weekly on Thursday.
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"Moderna hopes to provide the doses planned for Germany in the third
quarter earlier to support the fastest possible progress on
vaccinations," Staner said.
He confirmed that Moderna would definitely be able to deliver around
80 million doses in total for 2021, as expected by the German health
ministry.
He hopes the Moderna vaccine will soon be given by German family
doctors as well as at vaccination centres. Moderna is also planning
to offer booster shots in the autumn for those who got their first
vaccination in January or February.
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![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2021/Jun/24/images/ads/current/2021_lda_Businessdirectory.png) "Our booster vaccine against
the Beta variant is currently showing the
strongest effect. We expect our multivalent
booster vaccine to also protect against the
original virus and the variants of concern,"
Staner said.
Moderna is currently in talks with Germany about
setting up production capacity for its mRNA
vaccines in the country as well as in other
European locations, he added.
(Reporting by Emma Thomasson; Editing by Mark
Potter)
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