On Friday afternoon the Ministry of Health published the planned schedule for vaccine dose allocations for the Grand Duchy. Once all vaccination centres have opened, 25,000 people can be vaccinated per week, Minister of Health Paulette Lenert said.
Luxembourg will receive 16,000 doses in January, 25,500 in February and 35,100 in March. Up until the end of March, 43,200 people in the country will be able to get the two-jab vaccine. While these figures derive from agreements made with the European Commission, they remain theoretical until all producers are given authorisation by the EMA.
On Monday 18 January the Limpertsberg vaccination centre will open its doors, where 7,600 vaccinations can be given per week.
While BioNTech/Pfizer have planned to deliver vaccines every week, this schedule may see changes following the announcement that the producer has had to scale back production in order to expand the site in Puurs, Belgium. February would see an increase in doses being shipped again.
Moderna's deliveries are less frequent.
Other vaccines are expected to be confirmed by the EMA in the coming weeks; AstraZeneca in January and Johnson & Johnson in February.
All in all, Luxembourg has signed agreements with the European Commission to purchase a sufficient number of vaccines for at least 1,2 million people in the Grand Duchy, totalling in 2,226,355 vaccines. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine only requires one jab.
