BRUSSELS, December 28 (Xinhua) – Around Sunday, several European countries launched the COVID-19 vaccine as the first batch of vaccines was distributed among European Union (EU) member states, in the hope of spreading the virus. defeated.
“Today all Greeks are smiling behind our masks. Vaccination is the only way to be able to leave permanently on this COVID adventure,” said Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who, along with President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, among the first Greeks to be vaccinated against him. COVID-19 on Sunday.
Greece received 9,750 doses of the vaccine on Christmas Day and launched the vaccination campaign on Sunday. Health professionals and the elderly will be the first to receive the vaccine in the country in the coming weeks.
According to other EU countries, Germany launched its major vaccine against COVID-19 nationwide on Sunday, and the country’s first batch of vaccines will give priority to people over 80 in homes nursing, and the medical and nursing staff against that.
The vaccine currently in use in Germany was developed jointly by the German company BioNTech and the American company Pfizer. The country is expected to receive between 3 and 4 million doses of the vaccine by the end of January next year.
Sweden, which implemented its same-day vaccination program, announced that nursing home residents and the elderly receiving home care, especially those aged 70 and over, should , to be the first to receive the vaccine.
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven congratulated a 91-year-old nursing home resident who became the first person admitted against COVID-19 on Sunday morning. “This is a big day, a moment of light after a dark year. We really want to thank you,” Lofven said.
The first doses delivered in Sweden will cover a total of 4,900 people nationwide, Swedish authorities said, adding that an additional 80,000 doses will be delivered to Sweden each week starts Monday and the plan is to vaccinate all adults by mid-June.
Poland, which received a consignment of 10,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, also plans to vaccinate front-line medical workers first.
Similar situations have also occurred in Croatia, Cyprus, Lithuania, Portugal and other countries.
The massive vaccine against COVID-19 is the result of a concerted effort by the scientific community and many who are receiving the vaccine expressed their confidence in science.
“I am completely calm, confident, optimistic and hopeful. My call was made and I did it with full confidence,” said Antonio Sarmento, the first Portuguese who received the vaccine.
Ana Isabel Ribeiro, a nurse in Portugal, said that health professionals “now feel protected because this is the most difficult year of our careers. I think it’s hopeful for us to continue our work in this fight against COVID-19. “Enditem