Societates Europaeae

Greece started vaccinating elderly care home residents against Covid-19 on Monday in the next phase of its inoculation campaign that begun nine days ago.

Officials want around 100,000 health care workers, care home residents and other vulnerable people to be inoculated against the coronavirus by Jan. 20, before rolling out the vaccine to the wider population.

In a few hours Britain will officially leave European Union.

Officials this afternoon attempted to play down fears of immediate post-Brexit queues at Britain's ports amid worries of a 'mission impossible' for hauliers.

Παραδόθηκαν οι πρώτες δόσεις του αμερικανικο-γερμανικού εμβολίου Pfizer-BioNTech

BioNTech's boss has said he is confident the company's vaccine will be effective against the new coronavirus variant.

Ugur Sahin said, however, that more tests were needed before he could be completely sure of the efficacy of the drug.

The Pfizer/BioNTech jab is the only vaccine approved for use in the UK so far. It is also being rolled out in the US.

Greek health authorities have ascertained a steady but very slow de-escalation of pressure on the country's health system over the last two weeks.

However, the estimates that the number of intubated patients will drop to 300 by Christmas have yet to be confirmed, making it difficult for authorities to reach any decisions about the duration of restrictions. 

Το Ισραήλ έχει παραγγείλει συνολικά 14 εκατομμύρια δόσεις εμβολίων των Pfizer-BioNTech και Moderna

Κύπρος: Παραλαμβάνονται τα ειδικά ψυγεία φύλαξης των εμβολίων των Pfizer-BioNTech

European Union member states will begin vaccinations against Covid-19 in 10 days, Germany said, as Europe tries to catch up with Britain and the United States after what some have criticized as a slow EU approval process for the jabs.

European nations vowed on Dec. 16 to get their coronavirus vaccination campaigns rolling before the end of the year while a surge in infections prompted tighter restrictions across several countries.

Germany will begin vaccinations on December 27, its health minister said, detailing a timeline expected to be mirrored across the European Union's 27 member states.

There are 270 patients on respirators.