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EU doubles COVID-19 vaccines order with Pfizer-BioNTech

by Samuel Petrequin
| January 8, 2021 2:30 AM

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission said Friday it has secured 300 million extra doses of the coronavirus Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, a move that could ease criticism that the EU's executive arm has not done enough to procure coronavirus shots for the entire bloc.

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