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28/12/2020 - 07:32 A health worker of Santa Eugenia nursing home for the elderly receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on December 27, 2020 in Cevico de la Torre, Palencia province. AFP - CESAR MANSO 6 min EU countries on Sunday embarked on a vaccination campaign to defeat the “nightmare” of Covid-19, with the first to be immunised expressing emotion after their jab and leaders hailing a milestone in the fight against the pandemic. Advertising Read more
The vaccine is a glimmer of hope for a continent yearning for a return to normal from a pandemic that has killed 1.76 million people worldwide since emerging in China late last year and caused at least 80 million confirmed cases, according to an AFP tally.
PARIS: The EU countries on Sunday embarked on a vaccination campaign to defeat the “nightmare” of Covid-19, with the first to be immunised expressing emotions after their jabs and leaders hailing a milestone in the fight against the pandemic.
The vaccine is a glimmer of hope for a continent yearning for a return to normal from a pandemic that has killed 1.76 million people worldwide since emerging in China late last year and caused at least 80 million confirmed cases, according to a tally.
But polls have shown many Europeans are unwilling to take the vaccine, which could impede its effectiveness in beating the virus, while it will take months for large chunks of the population to be immunised.
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EU begins vaccinations to end Covid nightmare
The vaccine is a hope for a return to normal from a pandemic that killed 1.76 million people worldwide
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December 27, 2020
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PARIS:
EU countries on Sunday embarked on a vaccination campaign to defeat the nightmare of Covid-19, with the first to be immunised expressing emotion after their jab and leaders hailing a milestone in the fight against the pandemic.
The vaccine is a glimmer of hope for a continent yearning for a return to normal from a pandemic that has killed 1.76 million people worldwide since emerging in China late last year and caused at least 80 million confirmed cases, according to an AFP tally.
European countries begin vaccinations to end COVID-19 nightmare
27 Dec 2020 A woman gestures as a nurse injects her with one of the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Bucharest, Romania, on Sunday. AP
European Union (EU) countries on Sunday embarked on a vaccination campaign to defeat the nightmare of COVID-19, with the first to be immunised expressing emotion after their jab and leaders hailing a milestone in the fight against the pandemic.
The vaccine is a glimmer of hope for a continent yearning for a return to normal from a pandemic that has killed 1.76 million people worldwide since emerging in China late last year and caused at least 80 million confirmed cases, according to an AFP tally. But polls have shown many Europeans are unwilling to take the vaccine, which could impede its effectiveness in beating the virus, while it will take months for large chunks of the population to be immunised.