evidence: At its meeting, the Federal Council also discussed the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines. It is ordering 7 million doses of both the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines for the second half of 2022. It had already secured 7 million doses of each for the first half of the year. This means that a total of around 34 million vaccine doses will be available in 2022. There is therefore a sufficient supply of vaccines for all those wishing to be vaccinated in 2022. This also applies should the pandemic be driven by an immune-evasive variant and if additional doses have to be administered. Under the current agreements, Switzerland always receives the latest available vaccine variant from the respective manufacturer, provided it has been approved by Swissmedic. From the outset, Switzerland has been committed to ensuring that as many people as possible worldwide have access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines as part of the global pandemic response. On 30 June, the Federal Council decided to donate 4 million COVID-19 vaccine doses. A possible transfer of further doses to the COVAX initiative will be considered at a later date.