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The vaccination campaign against Covid – the disease triggered by the coronavirus – began today throughout the European Union, a few days after Great Britain (which, although still part of the EU, started early: and here we explain why).
Is causing some controversy the number of doses delivered to Italy during the first day and comparison between different European countries.
In particular, German Health Minister Jens Spahn spoke of a first shipment for his country of 151,125 doses, which would arrive already on December 26. Another three shipments, totaling 1.9 million doses, are expected to arrive in Germany on December 28 and 30 and during the first week of January.
In Italy the first have come to the moment 9,750 doses. The Minister of Health has clarified that the doses delivered to all European countries by December 27 are symbolic in number: the actual distribution will begin from the week of December 28, and about 470 thousand doses will arrive in Italy every week. Under the contract, Pfizer-BionTech and Moderna are expected to deliver 8,749 million doses and 1,346 doses to Italy in the first quarter of 2021. The commissioner Domenico Arcuri He told Corriere that the number of token doses to go out all together on December 27 is proportional to the population, EU Germany has had the same doses or a little more. Italy has about 60 million inhabitants, Germany 83.
In recent days, the German weekly Mirror He claimed that the European Union had limited the number of doses reserved for Pfizer and BioNTech – US and German pharmaceutical companies – so as not to put France’s Sanofi at a disadvantage. The news had been denied by the European Commission. In Germany, however, the pressure to buy more doses of this vaccine increased, even outside of European plans, and the Bild Zeitung had spoken of a government orientation in this regard.
The Reuters news agency, on December 24, reconstructed the situation of the first deliveries in several European countries. Are here:
Germany
The initial doses will be, as mentioned, more than 150 thousand.
Italy
The first doses that arrived are 9,750. The next doses will be 470 thousand each week.
France
19,500 doses arrived in France on December 26. France has 67 million inhabitants.
Spain
According to Reuters, Spain began receiving 350,000 doses a week as of December 26.
Switzerland
Switzerland is not part of the EU. The first doses that arrived are 107,000.
Portugal
By the end of the year, 80,000 doses of the vaccine will be delivered.
Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Bulgaria
The first doses, about 10,000, arrived on December 26.
Hungary
Prime Minister Viktor Orban spoke of a first loading of enough vaccine doses to vaccinate 35,000 people
Denmark
In Denmark, the first shipment of 40,000 doses.
Norway and Sweden
The first load of about 10,000 doses.
Serbia
Premier Ana Brnabic, who received the first dose of the vaccine in the country on December 24, spoke of a first batch of 4,875 doses.
December 27, 2020 (change December 27, 2020 | 11:52 am)
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