A teleconference was organised on 23 February 2017 with all countries of Europe involved in a vaccination programme to get an update on their estimated number of vaccine doses needed, state of play of national procurement, doses purchased already and estimated to be purchased as well as the estimated date of start of vaccination campaign for 2017.
The European Commission also provided information on the possible EU support for LSD vaccination in 2017 (reimbursement for the cost of vaccines purchased by national funds; Cost-free donations from the EU LSD vaccine bank).
