A pharmacist fills a syringe to prepare a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for ... [+] front-line health care workers at a vaccination site at Torrance Memorial Medical Center in Torrance, California. Several EU member nations including Germany, Austria and Italy have indicated that they have plans to start vaccinations from December 27, Reuters reported. That’s the total number of doses of Covid-19 vaccines that the European Union’s 27 member states have secured from drugmakers including Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca, Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, CureVac and Sanofi-GSK. But the vaccine’s makers will have to submit follow-up data on the shot next year before receiving full approval. Further ReadingEU regulator gives conditional approval to COVID-19 vaccine (Associated Press)European medicines regulator authorises Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine (Reuters)Full coverage and live updates on the Coronavirus

Source: Forbes December 21, 2020 15:11 UTC