EU could approve TWO Covid-19 vaccines in coming weeks, Commission chief says

Commission President Ursula

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced that the EU is set to approve both the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines before the end of the year, meaning they could then be distributed across the bloc.

Speaking after a video summit of EU leaders on Friday, von der Leyen told a press conference that “If all the procedures go smoothly, the EMA [European Medicines Agency] could give the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines their conditional marketing authorization as early as the second half of December.” 

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