PARIS, KOMPAS.com – Coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech has finally arrived at France on Saturday (26/12/2020) morning.
Journalist AFP see the first dose coronavirus vaccine arrived at a central pharmacy at a hospital near Paris.
Reporting from AFP, the Covid-19 vaccine these will be prioritized to residents Elderly ( elderly people) in a nursing home.
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“Wine Country” will start vaccinating its citizens on Sunday (27/12/2020), the same day as member countries European Union other.
France itself recorded the deaths of Covid-19 of more than 62,000 people.
The APHP hospital authority in Paris said 19,500 doses of the coronavirus vaccine transported by refrigerated trucks had arrived.
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The coronavirus vaccine was sent from the Pfizer factory in Puurs, northeastern Belgium.
Pharmacy chief Franck Huet called the arrival of the Covid-19 vaccine a historic moment in the pandemic.
After being repackaged in Paris, the Covid-19 vaccine will be sent to a long-term care unit at a hospital in Sevran and a nursing home in Dijon.
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Covid-19 Vaccine This comes after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) gave the green light to use Pfizer-BioNTech for emergencies on Monday (21/12/2020).
The decision was followed by the French HAS health authority which approved the use of the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech for emergencies.
European Union (EU) member states are excited to start the campaign vaccination to fight a new strain of the corona virus from the UK which is believed to be more contagious.
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The first cases of the new Covid-19 strain in France were identified on Friday (25/12/2020).
However, large-scale inoculation of residents and staff at 7,000 nursing homes in France will not start until early 2021.
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