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FILE - In this Friday, April 23, 2021 file photo, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen makes a statement during an official visit to the Pfizer pharmaceutical company in Puurs, Belgium. The European Union has cemented its support for Pfizer-BioNTech and its novel COVID-19 vaccine technology by agreeing to a massive contract extension for a potential 1.8 billion doses through 2023. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen tweeted that her office “has just approved a contract for a guaranteed 900 million doses (+900 million options).” (John Thys, Pool via AP, File)

EU agrees potential 1.8 billion-dose purchase of Pfizer jab

By RAF CASERT and BARRY HATTON - Associated Press

EU seals deal with Pfizer-BioNTech for potential 1.8 billion COVID-19 doses in its biggest vaccine c

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Ton Tran, who is 106-years-old, receives his second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic operated by Santa Clara Valley Medical Center on Thursday, May 6, 2021, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Pfizer and BioNTech seek full approval of COVID-19 vaccine

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

This April 12, 2021, file photo shows the Olympic rings floating in the water in the Odaiba section in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File) **FILE**

Pfizer, IOC strike vaccine deal for Summer Games in Tokyo

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2020, photo, the Olympics rings are reflected on the window of a hotel restaurant as a server with a mask sets up a table, in the Odaiba section of Tokyo. The vaccine rollout in Japan has been very slow with less than 1% vaccinated. This of course is spilling over to concerns about the postponed Tokyo Olympics that open in just over three months.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Pfizer and BioNTech to donate vaccines for Olympic athletes

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a House Select Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 15, 2021, on the coronavirus crisis. (Amr Alfiky/The New York Times via AP, Pool) **FILE**

Dr. Fauci: FDA approval of Pfizer vaccine for ages 12-15 likely imminent

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A man sits in his car as he is vaccinated with AstraZeneca in a tent on the parking lot of a supermarket in Pforzheim, southern Germany, Wednesday, May 5, 2021. A doctor who could not get rid of her AstraZeneca vaccine in her doctor's office decided to offer some 250 doses in drive-in location at the supermarket. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

German doctor sets up vaccine center in supermarket lot

By CHRISTOPH NOELTING - Associated Press

A volunteer vaccinator prepares to administer a dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine at a vaccine centre in the Swaminarayan School in Neasden, north London, Saturday, May 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

EU drug regulator evaluating Pfizer vaccine for youngsters

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North Macedonia looks to Chinese vaccine to revive program

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FILE - In this Monday, March 8, 2021 file photo, pupils queue for a socially distanced assembly at a school in in Manchester, England. Pfizer and BioNTech have submitted a request to the European drug regulator for the approval of their coronavirus vaccine to be extended to include children aged 12 to 15 years old, in a move that could offer younger and less at-risk populations in Europe access to the shot for the first time. (Jon Super/PA via AP, File)

Pfizer, BioNTech seek EU’s OK to use COVID vaccine on kids

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Workers at a pastry shop wait for customers on a virtually deserted Istiklal Street, the main shopping street of Istanbul, Friday, April 30, 2021, on the first day of a tight lockdown to help protect from the spread of the coronavirus. Turkish security forces on Friday patrolled main streets and set up checkpoints at entry and exits points of cities, to enforce Turkey’s strictest COVID-19 lockdown to date. Still, many people were on the move as the government, desperate not to shut down the economy completely, kept some sectors exempt from the restrictions. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Despite 3-week lockdown, many remain on the move in Turkey

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

In this Thursday, March 18, 2021, file photo, Ugur Sahin, co-founder of the Mainz-based coronavirus vaccine developer BioNTech, listens during an Axel Springer Award ceremony. Europe can achieve "herd immunity" against the coronavirus within the next four months, the head of German pharmaceutical company BioNTech, which developed the first widely approved COVID-19 vaccine with U.S. partner Pfizer, said Wednesday. (Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa via AP, Pool, file)

BioNTech chief: Europe will reach herd immunity by August

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, photo Reginald Henry, 69, of Washington, receives his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at Howard University, in Washington. &quot;I felt confident about getting the vaccine,&quot; says Henry, who lives in a senior building, &quot;because God helps those who help themselves.&quot; (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

CDC study: Pfizer, Moderna vaccines 94% effective against hospitalization in seniors

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Monday, March 22, 2021, file photo medical staff prepares an AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine during preparations at the vaccine center in Ebersberg near Munich, Germany. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

EU launches legal action against vaccine-maker AstraZeneca

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

People wait at the vaccination center in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Monday, April 26, 2021. Germany's COVID-19 vaccination program will be discussed at a meeting with Germany's state Governors and Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin today. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Germany to open up virus vaccinations to all adults in June

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

A priest blesses a memorial for COVID-19 victims installed outside the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Mexico calls fake coronavirus vaccines “a risk to health”

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A health worker administers a dose of Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine against the new coronavirus to a patient at Szent Gyorgy Training Hospital in Szekesfehervar, Hungary, Monday, April 19, 2021. (Tamas Vasvari/MTI via AP)

EU to purchase 100 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses

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A Corona Drive-In testing station employee stands next to an open car window to take a nasal swab in Osnabrueck, Germany, Monday, April 19, 2021. Appointments can be made online for testing. The result is communicated by email after a short waiting time. With the &quot;citizen test&quot;, all residents of Germany have the opportunity to be tested for an infection with the Corona virus free of charge. (Friso Gentsch/dpa via AP)

Germany expects vaccine deliveries to ramp up in 2nd quarter

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A elderly patient leaves doctors rooms in Johannesburg Friday, April 16, 2021. South Africa took the first step to launch online registrations for the vaccination of people who are 60 years and older as it prepares for the second phase of its vaccination programme expected to start next month. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

South Africa takes first step to offer jabs to the elderly

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

In this March 6, 2021, file photo, boxes stand next vials of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in the pharmacy of National Jewish Hospital for distribution in east Denver. The drug maker decided Tuesday, April 13, to delay deliveries to Europe after the American regulator recommended a pause in the vaccine's use in the United States while very rare blood clot cases are examined. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Europe scrambles as J&J vaccine delay deals another blow

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press