Covid-19 vaccinations to start across EU from Dec 27: German health minister

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All European Union member states plan to start vaccinations against Covid-19 from Dec 27, German health minister Jens Spahn has said.

“In Germany we will start, if the approval comes as planned, on Dec 27. The other countries in the EU want to be able to start and want to start from Dec 27,” he said ahead of a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and executives of vaccine maker BioNTech.

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