Vaccine approval was the main headline this week in Europe, with the European Medicines Agency (EMA) announcing its intention to authorise the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine as early as Monday.
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen went one step further and informed the continent that the first vaccines would begin to roll out as a late Christmas present, on December 27.
She also acknowledged how difficult a task it will be to actually get people vaccinated.
Addressing the European Parliament Wednesday, von der Leyen said: To get to the end of the pandemic, we will need up to 70 per cent of the population vaccinated. This is a huge task, a big task. So let’s start as soon as possible with the vaccinations together, as 27, with a start on the same day.