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Retirees over a hundred years old, priests, doctors, heads of state or government, are among the first Europeans to be immunized on Sunday with the anti-COVID serum Pfizer BioNTech in dozens of European cities.
It is just the beginning of the vaccination campaign in the 27 member states of the European Union, with a total population of almost 450 million people.
On the other hand, approval of the serum developed by AstraZeneca is imminent. After further research, the pharmaceutical company announces that the serum is 100% effective against severe forms of COVID-19. The vaccine is highly anticipated because it is much cheaper and does not require special storage and transport conditions.
A German pilot marked the start of the European vaccination campaign by drawing a giant syringe 1,500 meters above the ground, between two cities in the south of the country. It was a symbolic preamble to “V day”, of the vaccine, eagerly awaited in all the countries of the European Union. Some were so impatient that they left on Saturday night: Hungarians, Slovaks and Germans.
In the Czech Republic, Prime Minister Andrej Babis went to the Prague Military Hospital at night to be the first Czech to be immunized against COVID.
Andrej Babis, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic: “We are ending the worst year in modern history. The vaccine is the hope of returning to a normal life.”
Emilie Repikova, 95, also received the serum immediately after the head of government.
Also in Greece, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis set an example and was vaccinated among the first.
Some countries, such as Germany and Sweden, have decided to immunize older people in nursing homes first.
Instead, Italy, Poland and Bulgaria prioritized medical personnel.
Alicja Jakubowska, asistentă: “If we want to get our lives back, and we all want that, we have to get vaccinated.”
Claudia Alivernini, nurse at the Spallanzani Hospital: “I was vaccinated with pride and responsibility, it is a small act, but vital for everyone.”
The European Union has entered into purchase contracts for more than 2 billion doses of the various sera, already approved or to be approved.
In addition to the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, the serum developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford would be approved in the UK on January 4, 2021.
On the other hand, the director of Europol warns of the danger of false vaccines. In fact, attempts to sell alleged serums on the Internet have already been identified.
