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EU approves Pfizer’s COVID vaccine to start injections this weekend

Wondairlejen said the first lot of the vaccine will be delivered from Pfizer’s manufacturing facility in Belgium within the next few days. And vaccination will begin on December 27, 2020, while the EMA will release Moderna’s vaccine assessment results on January 6, 2021.

Ursula Von Der Leyen, President of the European Commission

The European Union has already placed 300 million doses of Pfizer’s vaccine, enough for 150 million of the 448 million EU population, who are at risk of first and two injections 21 days apart. Immunity to COVID-19 in the body, but the effectiveness of the vaccine is maximized within 7 days of receiving the second dose.

However, the biggest challenge for the EU after this is How to distribute the vaccine Because Pfizer’s vaccine has to be stored in a temperature of -70 degrees Celsius, hard cabinets generally cannot. And last only 5 days in addition, the vaccine must also be diluted to inject. Which, when diluted, must be used within 6 hours, otherwise it must be discarded

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