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COVID-19 vaccine: EU Commission will not renew AstraZeneca and J&J's contact

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Reuters. "The European Commission, in agreement with the leaders of many (EU) countries, has decided that the contracts with the companies that produce (viral vector) vaccines that are valid for the current year will not be renewed at their expiry," the newspaper reported, citing a source from Italian health ministry.

Brussels would rather focus on COVID-19 vaccines using messenger RNA (mRNA) technology, such as Pfizer's and Moderna's, it further added.

A spokesman for the EU Commission said it was keeping all options open to be prepared for the next stages of the pandemic, for 2022 and beyond. "We cannot, however, comment on contractual issues," the spokesman added, Reuters mentioned.

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