How many vaccines has Luxembourg ordered with the EU Commission?

But what does that mean for Luxembourg? How many vaccines will the Grand Duchy receive? Minister of Health Paulette Lenert shared details on this matter on Wednesday afternoon.

On 18 June the Luxembourg government signed a treaty with the EU Commission allowing the institution to negotiate with producers in the name of all member states. Broken down, Luxembourg may receive 0.14% of the total Commission purchase, the latter which sits somewhere between 965 million and 1 billion doses, ordered from six different companies.

Lenert says the Grand Duchy purchased additional doses from five companies itself, including AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, BioNTech/Pfizer, CureVac and Moderna.

With the purchases done so far 1,120,716 people could be vaccinated.

"In addition, we have once again agreed to an additional appeal made to Pfizer by the Commission. That means the Commission itself had an option to take another 100 million doses. This option has been taken up and Luxembourg has also positioned itself there, which means that with our 0.14% at Pfizer, we once again have an additional 55,000 doses," said Lenert.

The minister stated that Luxembourg has rights due to the treaty with the Commission, but also obligations. There is no possibility to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies in parallel with the Commission. Lenert also has no understanding for the criticism of the EU Commission's strategy. The lack of vaccines at this stage has to do with production, not with the order.

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