Vaccinating Europe

and the World

STATE OF THE UNION
15 SEPTEMBER 2021 #SOTEU

Europe is a world leader More than 70% of adults in

in producing, delivering and the EU are fully vaccinated
sharing vaccines

Europe has shared half its More than 700 million

vaccine production with the doses delivered across
rest of the world the EU, on a basis of
fairness and solidarity

Investment in
global vaccination Over 700 million more
is an investment in doses delivered to
130 countries
solidarity but also
in global health.
 Priorities

1 TO SPEED UP GLOBAL VACCINATION

A new donation of 200 million doses by mid-2022
 dded to the existing EU commitment to share
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250 million doses by end of 2021
T he EU is also investing EUR 1 billion in mRNA
vaccine production capacity in Africa

2 TO FINISH THE JOB IN EUROPE

Vaccination rates vary widely
Member States need to keep up momentum
 ith 1.8 billion doses secured, Europe will be ready for
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booster shots as needed

3 TO STRENGTHEN PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS

Investment in
 detailed proposal to get
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preparedness is the HERA (European Health
to make sure no Emergency Preparedness and
virus will ever turn Response Authority) authority
up and running
a local epidemic
 ERA will help better identify,
H
into a global prepare for and tackle health
pandemic. There is threats
no better return on  new health preparedness
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investment than and resilience mission for
the EU with an investment of
that. EUR 50 billion by 2027

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