Moderna, J&J to make up bulk of Germany's 2022 extra vaccine purchases - ministry paper

BERLIN - Germany plans to spend 3.9 billion euros on 204 million vaccine doses for next year to guard against production bottlenecks and have ample provision for any new COVID-19 variants that might emerge or the need for booster shots.

Of the planned expansion, nearly 85 million doses of BionTech/Pfizer's mRNA vaccine are already contracted for via the European Union's procurement scheme, according to a health ministry paper seen by Reuters. The paper said at least one other mRNA-type vaccine should be procured, as well as vaccines using other technologies, to help guard against production bottlenecks.