If Astra Zeneca succeeds in producing a safe vaccine against covid-19, the EU will purchase 300 million doses with the possibility of an additional 100 million doses.

- Today, after weeks of negotiations, the EU has signed its first agreement with a vaccine candidate, says EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides in a press release.

But despite the fact that Astra Zeneca has its largest production facility in Södertälje, the company has previously announced that no vaccine production will take place there, which SVT previously reported.