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It contains 6,825 shots.
The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is primarily aimed for hospital and nursing home staff and residents. According to Marta Grgič Vitek, the national vaccination coordinator at the National Institute of Public Health, the most vulnerable groups are being vaccinated first, in order to protect them as soon as possible.
Slovenia started its vaccination campaign on Sunday after receiving the first shipment of almost 10,000 shots of the vaccine. Foto: EPA
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Netherlands confirms 11 cases of new COVID-19 strain
The Dutch authorities confirmed 11 cases of the new strain of coronavirus in the Netherlands, announced the National Institute of Public Health Monday.
Only one of the patients was linked to the United Kingdom. The institute said investigations are ongoing to determine the source of infection.
This came after the first case of the mutated variant was recorded earlier in December in the UK.
UK studies have shown that the new strain is more contagious but there is no evidence that it is more dangerous.
The Dutch government suspended all flights with Britain on December 20.
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Slovenia Times
28. December, 2020
Ljubljana – Voluntary mass vaccination against Covid-19 started in Slovenia on Sunday, a day after the first 9,750 doses of the vaccine arrived in the country. The first to get vaccinated were elderly at care homes who have not yet been infected, followed by some care home and hospital staff.
Government officials hailed it as a historic day giving hope the end of the epidemic is on the horizon, urging people to get vaccinated to ensure collective immunity.
Science gave us in a record time a miracle gift which brings new hope, said National Institute of Public Health director Milan Krek as he visited a care home.