Most European Union member states are expected to have sufficient COVID-19 vaccine supplies to immunise the majority of their citizens by the end of June, Bloomberg news agency said on Tuesday, citing a European Commission memo.

Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands will be in a position to fully inoculate more than 55% of their total populations, according to the document seen by Bloomberg.

The EU had previously said it wants to immunise 70% of adults by the end of the summer, which – depending on the demographics of each member state – corresponds to around 55-60% of total population.

Croatia is among the member states, including Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia, that are projected to lag behind.

Croatia is expected to inoculate 45.3% of its population by July and Bulgaria 45%.

On the other hand, Malta is expected to get 93.1% of its population vaccinated by then, Denmark 79.9%, the Netherlands 64.6%, Germany 61% and France 58.2%.

The forecast is based on the number of doses each member state should receive by the end of June.

In the second quarter of the year, the EU is due to receive 55 million doses of the vaccine manufactured by Johnson&Johnson, which is administered in a single dose, and 300 million doses from Pfizer/BioNTech, AstraZeneca and Moderna, which are given in two shots.