BioNtech will provide up to 75 million more vaccine doses to the EU in the second quarter of 2021, chief financial officer Sierk Poetting has said.

according to Euronews, the chief of the German laboratory on Monday announced it would accelerate deliveries of the coronavirus vaccine it developed with the American firm Pfizer to the bloc.

The two partners intend to "increase deliveries from the week beginning February 15" and supply "the number of doses we committed to in the first quarter" as well as "up to 75 million additional doses to the European Union in the second quarter" under existing contracts, Poetting said in a statement.

The additional 75 million vaccines to be delivered in the second quarter will bring the total number of Pfizer/BioNTech doses supplied to the EU in 2021 to 600 million, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Twitter.