Costa Rica boosts Pfizer contract to 4 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses

SAN JOSE - Costa Rica's government added 1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to its existing 3 million-dose contract with U.S. drugmaker Pfizer, the president's office said on Monday, in a bid to secure more supplies of lifesaving inoculations.

Pfizer has partnered with Germany's BioNTech for the vaccines. The additional vaccine doses bring the Central American country's total to 7 million, including already contracted supplies stemming from deals with AstraZeneca as well as the World Health Organization-backed COVAX program.