Ireland is expected to imminently receive a boost in Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine deliveries after the European Medicines Agency announced it had approved extra manufacturing and filling lines at the pharmaceutical company’s Belgian site. The EU regulator said the decision would “have a significant and immediate impact on the supply of Comirnaty, the Covid-19 vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer, in the European Union”. The increase due to Ireland will bring the number of Pfizer doses delivered to the country to roughly 2.75 million between April and the end of June, The Irish Times understands. The company is expected to begin manufacturing a component of the Covid-19 vaccine in Dublin by the end of the year. On Friday the EMA approved the use of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 12 and up, following a similar decision in the United States.

Source: The Irish Times June 01, 2021 18:45 UTC