Denmark signs up for EU’s AstraZeneca vaccine deal
Denmark said Friday, August 21, it had signed on to the European Union’s deal with Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca to secure a supply of coronavirus vaccine as soon as it is available.
“If the vaccine is effective and safe, Denmark will receive enough doses so that around 2.4 million Danes can be vaccinated,” Health Minister Magnus Heunicke told reporters.Denmark is home to some 5.8 million people. Pharmaceutical companies around the world are racing to develop vaccines against the new coronavirus. (READ: What you need to know: Coronavirus cures, vaccines being tested
The EU has so far reached agreements with Sanofi-GSK, Johnson and Johnson, and CureVac, in addition to AstraZeneca. AstraZeneca said in July that its vaccine, developed together with the University of Oxford, should be available by the end of the year.
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