On Oct. 26, 2020, Moderna announced a supply agreement with the Ministry of Public Health of Qatar for mRNA-1273, Modernaﾒs vaccine candidate against COVID-19, to support the Ministryﾒs ongoing efforts to secure early access to a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine for the people of Qatar.

Moderna is scaling up global manufacturing to be able to deliver approximately 500 million doses per year and possibly up to 1 billion doses per year, beginning in 2021.