European Nations Begin Covid-19 Vaccinations

Several European countries have launched their vaccination campaigns against the novel coronavirus, as the first batch of vaccines was distributed among European Union (EU) member states.

Health professionals and the elderly will be the first to get vaccinated in the country in coming weeks. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis together with President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, was among the first ones to get vaccinated against the virus. 

In line with other EU countries, Germany also launched its mass Covid-19 vaccination and the first batch of vaccines in the country were given priority to people over 80 years in nursing homes, and those frontline medical and nursing staff. The vaccine currently being used in Germany was developed together by German company BioNTech and American firm Pfizer.