Dutch PM Rutte: expects one million doses of Pfizer, 400,000 doses of Moderna vaccines

FILE PHOTO: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte looks on during a meeting on the second day of a two-day EU summit, in Brussels, Belgium October 16, 2020. Kenzo Tribouillard/Pool via REUTERS

The Netherlands' Prime Minister said on Friday that the country expects to receive 1 million doses of Pfizer's vaccine in January, and 400,000 doses of Moderna's vaccine in the first quarter of 2021.

Mark Rutte said that in the best case scenario, if the vaccines are approved for use in Europe, the country could begin vaccinations from the week of Jan. 4.

(Reporting by Toby Sterling, editing by Louise Heavens)