Now playing Next Europe News Vaccinations will save lives not vaccines, EU Health Commissioner says Euronews speaks to the European Commissioner for Health, Stella Kyriakides, following Monday's approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine by the European Medicines Agency. 22/12/2020
Now playing Next USA Joe Biden has COVID-19 vaccine on live TV to demonstrate its safety US president-elect urged all Americans to take the vaccine when it becomes available to them 21/12/2020
Now playing Next USA Joe Biden to receive coronavirus vaccine live on TV to boost uptake While it is unclear if Donald Trump will have the vaccine, president-elect Joe Biden will be vaccinated live on TV on Monday to help boost the largest vaccination programme in US history. 21/12/2020
Now playing Next USA US starts to ship its second approved vaccine against coronavirus In the US workers have been busy packaging and distributing the Moderna vaccine, the second one to be approved by authorities 20/12/2020
Now playing Next no comment Drive-through COVID-19 vaccination centre opens in north west England The car park of Hyde Leisure Centre in Greater Manchester is being used as a drive-through coronavirus vaccination centre 20/12/2020
Now playing Next state of the union Europe's week: Vaccine approval close while Brexit talks ongoing The European Medicines Agency is close to approving Pfizer/BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine, but Brexit negotiations are still on a knife-edge. Here's a look at the past week in Europe. 18/12/2020
Now playing Next USA US FDA advisers endorse Moderna as second COVID-19 vaccine The Food and Drug Administration is expected to follow the recommendation and quickly OK the vaccine from Moderna and the National Institutes of Health. 18/12/2020
Now playing Next Europe News EU vaccine wait nearly over, but what took so long? The EU finally gave a date - 27th December - for when vaccines will be rolled out, pending approval from the European Medicine Agency, but why the wait when other countries are already rolling out jabs? 17/12/2020
Now playing Next world news Twitter to remove COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy theories "Starting next week, we will prioritise the removal of the most harmful misleading information, and during the coming weeks begin to label Tweets that contain potentially misleading information about the vaccine," the company said in a blog post. 17/12/2020
Now playing Next world news EMA brings forward review date for Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine "It's Europe's moment. On 27, 28 and 29 December vaccination will start across the EU. We protect our citizens together. We are #StrongerTogether," tweeted Ursula von der Leyen. 17/12/2020
Now playing Next world news COVID-19 vaccine: Are poorer countries at risk of being left behind? Campaigners want some intellectual property laws to be waived, which they claim will speed up and boost production of the critical treatments, technologies, and vaccines that every country needs access to to defeat coronavirus. 16/12/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom Ethnic minorities less likely to take COVID vaccine, survey suggests People from ethnic minority backgrounds or with lower incomes are less likely to take the coronavirus vaccine being rolled out in Britain, a survey by the Royal Society for Public Health suggests. 16/12/2020
Now playing Next Russia Oliver Stone says he has taken Russia's COVID-19 vaccine The US movie director told Russian state TV that he had received the first of two jabs of the Sputnik V vaccine. 16/12/2020
Now playing Next world news How are European countries planning to vaccinate their citizens? Europe is racing to vaccinate its citizens but the UN has warned damage from the coronavirus pandemic will last for years, vaccine or no vaccine. 15/12/2020
Now playing Next USA US prepares for COVID-19 vaccination roll out from Monday Trucks prepared to leave a manufacturing facility on Sunday to ship vaccines across the US after the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine was authorised for emergency use. 13/12/2020
Now playing Next USA US to begin rollout of authorised Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine The US Food and Drug Administration authorised the emergency use of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, which will be the first coronavirus vaccine distributed in the country. 12/12/2020
Now playing Next Europe News 'Safety and quality' of COVID-19 vaccine top priority, says EMA chief Emer Cooke, who has taken up the role as the new director of the European Medicines Agency, is heading the body whose top priority is approving a coronavirus vaccine. It's a heavy responsibility. 11/12/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom GSK-Sanofi says its COVID-19 vaccine won't be ready until late 2021 The companies said in a statement that "insufficient response in older adults demonstrates the need to refine concentration of antigen in order to provide high-level response across all age groups." 11/12/2020
Now playing Next Uncovering Europe Do we need 'vaccine passports' to get Europe moving again? The rollout of a viable coronavirus vaccine is bringing hope that the end of the pandemic is in sight. It will likely be months before normality returns. Could "vaccine passports" be the way forward to kickstart international travel and the global economy? 11/12/2020
Now playing Next USA US panel endorses widespread use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine A US government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for it to be authorised. 11/12/2020