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Europe's slow start: How many have had the jab? A global race is on to vaccinate people against Covid-19 - and with infections soaring in Europe many have complained that the roll-out is too slow in the EU. Member states decide individually who to vaccinate, when and where, but the EU is coordinating strategy and buying vaccines in bulk. On Friday, the EU Commission agreed to buy an extra 300 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine - that would give the EU nearly half of the firm's global output for 2021. © Reuters A 78-year-old French woman received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNT...
BBC News Published image captionA 78-year-old French woman received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in France A global race is on to vaccinate people against Covid-19 - and with infections soaring in Europe many have complained that the roll-out is too slow in the EU. Member states decide individually who to vaccinate, when and where, but the EU is coordinating strategy and buying vaccines in bulk. On Friday, the EU Commission agreed to buy an extra 300 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine - that would give the EU nearly half of the firm's global output for 2021. BBC rep...
2021-01-06 16:21:02 GMT2021-01-07 00:21:02(Beijing Time) Sina English AFP Jos Hermans, 96, who is the first to receive a Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, gives a thumb up in front of journalists during a vaccination operation at a rest home on December 28, 2020, in Puurs, Belgium. Experts at the World Health Organization gave cautious backing on Tuesday to a move already taken by some countries to delay giving out the second jabs of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine. Faced with limited supplies of the vaccines, Denmark and Britain have both said they would wait for longer than t...
Last Updated: Vaccinations For COVID-19 At Belgian Care Homes Ninety six year-old Jos Hermans became Belgium's first recipient of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine Monday. Ninety six year-old Jos Hermans became Belgium's first recipient of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine Monday. He took the shot to applause at the Sint-Pieter residential care centre in Puurs in the Antwerp region. In three weeks Hermans will receive a second dose of the Pfizer vaccine. According to John Hopkins university Belgium has had 638,877 confirmed cases of coronavirus with 19,200 deaths. More than h...