German officials dump doses that weren’t kept cold enough Holdup reported in Spain EU expects 200 mln doses of Pfizer shot by Sept. 2021
BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT, Dec 28 (Reuters) - The EU campaign to vaccinate Europeans against COVID-19 has got off to an uneven start in what will be a marathon effort to administer shots to enough of the bloc’s 450 million people to defeat the viral pandemic.
The vaccination drive kicked off at the weekend, with health workers and residents of care homes across the bloc among the first to get the Pfizer and BioNTech shots, which must be kept at ultra-cold temperatures.
Pfizer delays vaccine deliveries to 8 European Union nations: Spain
The Spanish branch of Pfizer informed Madrid on Sunday night of the delay in shipments to the eight nations due to a problem in the loading and shipment process at its plant in Belgium, the health ministry said in a statement. AFP December 28, 2020 / 05:31 PM IST
Pfizer has postponed the delivery of new batches of its coronavirus vaccine to eight European nations including Spain, the Spanish health ministry said Monday, a day after the EU began its immunisation campaign.
The Spanish branch of Pfizer informed Madrid on Sunday night of the delay in shipments to the eight nations due to a problem in the loading and shipment process at its plant in Belgium, the health ministry said in a statement.
EU s massive COVID-19 vaccination campaign off to uneven start
The EU campaign to vaccinate Europeans against COVID-19 is off to an uneven start in what will be a marathon effort to administer shots to enough of the bloc s 450 million people to defeat the viral pandemic.
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German officials dump doses that may not have been kept cold enough, delivery delay reported in Spain
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Posted: Dec 28, 2020 12:55 PM ET | Last Updated: December 29, 2020
A health-care worker receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Tor Vergata hospital in Rome on Monday. The EU kicked off their vaccination drive this weekend, with health workers and residents of care homes among the first in line.(Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images)
28 Dec 2020 / 23:44 H. German officials dump doses that weren t kept cold enough Holdup reported in Spain EU expects 200 mln doses of Pfizer shot by Sept. 2021
By Francesco Guarascio and Arno Schuetze
BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT, Dec 28 (Reuters) - The EU campaign to vaccinate Europeans against COVID-19 has got off to an uneven start in what will be a marathon effort to administer shots to enough of the bloc s 450 million people to defeat the viral pandemic.
The vaccination drive kicked off at the weekend, with health workers and residents of care homes across the bloc among the first to get the Pfizer and BioNTech shots, which must be kept at ultra-cold temperatures.
Spain announces it will keep a register of every resident that refuses Covid-19 vaccine
The vaccine will not be compulsory in Spain but the Health Minister said there will be a record of everyone who refuses it which will be shared with other European countries
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