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“Today is a day of great joy and hope for Europe and for all Europeans, with the approval of the vaccine by the European Medicines Agency, which will combat the spread of the new coronavirus in Europe“Wrote António Costa in his personal account on the social network Twitter.
In the same message, the Prime Minister considered that it is a “conquest of science” thanking “all the researchers who, worldwide, have been working towards this goal.”
“It is a great moment of trust for everyone. However, we must continue to maintain all the care“he warned immediately afterwards.
The European Commission authorized this Monday the placing on the market of the vaccine against covid-19 developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, hours after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) gave its favorable scientific opinion, announced the president of the community executive.
“Today we add an important chapter to our fight against covid-19. We made the decision to make the first vaccine against covid-19 available to European citizens. We grant conditional commercial authorization to the vaccine produced by BioNTech and Pfizer”Announced Ursula von der Leyen, in a press release from the European Commission headquarters in Brussels.
