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The three member states of the European Union used the first batch of Pfizer / BioNtech vaccine, just under 10,000. doses each – received on Saturday, but vaccination across the Union had to officially start only on Sunday.
“Today we start translating a new page after a difficult year. #COVID19 vaccine delivered to all EU countries. Vaccination will start tomorrow across the EU. #Vaccination days are an exciting moment of unity. Vaccination is a sustainable way out of a pandemic, “European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement on Twitter on Saturday.
Despite plans to launch vaccines together in all EU countries, Hungarian Human Resources Minister Miklos Kasler said in a statement released on Saturday that the vaccine had already reached the DPC hospital in central Budapest, where the vaccines were released.
“Today an important step has been taken to try to control the epidemic,” the politician added.
The Slovak Ministry of Health circulated on Facebook on Saturday afternoon that “today the coronavirus vaccination is starting in a hospital in Nitra.” Vaccination has also started in a nursing home in Germany.
“Every day we spend waiting is too much,” said Tobias Krueger, director of a nursing home in Halberstadt.
The arrival of the vaccine in Germany was significant thanks to a young pilot, Samy Kramer, who, on a 200-kilometer flight, drew a gigantic syringe in the sky en route.
It is still not clear why the three member states of the European Union launched the vaccination campaign one day before the launch of the vaccination plan coordinated by the European Commission, Euronews reports.
Be that as it may, the consensus on the launch of the vaccination program is helping the bloc to feel united after a very difficult year marked by very difficult negotiations on Brexit. Also, European Union politicians may find it a bit easier to relax as they previously worried that the UK, Canada and the US have started vaccinating their citizens in the past.
“We got good news at Christmas,” said German Health Minister Jens Spahn. “This vaccine is the decisive factor to end this pandemic … it will help to recover our lives.”
The COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the German company BioNTech and the US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, was approved by the European Medicines Agency (EVA) earlier this month.
Other vaccines will be approved later, according to the EC chief, as soon as they are shown to be safe and effective. Von der Leyen said the EU had ordered enough doses of vaccines for the 450 million. Community population, adding that the bloc also plans to share these preparations with neighboring countries such as Iceland and Norway.
“Vaccination will allow us to gradually return to normal life,” von der Leyen said.
However, he cautioned that until enough people have been vaccinated, the people of Europe must continue to be careful and abide by the restrictions currently in place as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
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