Now playing Next World COVID round-up: UK hits 12 million jabs; Hungary approves Sputnik V As the EU starts to rollout the AstraZeneca vaccine, there's concern over its effectiveness on new coronavirus variants. 08/02/2021
Now playing Next South Africa South Africa halts AstraZeneca vaccine push over effectiveness fears A study has suggested that the vaccine is only 22% effective against moderate forms of the virus. 07/02/2021
Now playing Next world news COVID vaccinations: UK races ahead as much of EU awaits first doses While the UK ponders a possible vaccine surplus, many people in Europe are wondering when they are going to receive their first doses. 07/02/2021
Now playing Next world news Five EU states receive first shipments of AstraZeneca vaccine Austria, France and Germany are going to restrict the jab to the under 65s because of a lack of data following the vaccine's trials. 06/02/2021
Now playing Next state of the union Europe's week: Navalny jailing slammed as vaccine fallout continues What has dominated minds in Brussels this week? 05/02/2021
Now playing Next World Merkel asks Germans to 'hold out a little longer' Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that Germany is past the peak of the latest surge in coronavirus cases. But the German leader wants to wait for more data on the spread of new variants before deciding whether to ease lockdown restrictions. 05/02/2021
Now playing Next France Lockdown will be 'last resort' in France even as COVID variants spread A lockdown "is not justified" yet and should only be used as a "very last resort", Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Thursday. 04/02/2021
Now playing Next World COVID in Europe: Denmark announces plans for digital vaccine passport Spain registered one of its worst months of the pandemic in January with 900,000 new coronavirus infections while Denmark launched plans to reopen society with a new COVID-19 vaccine passport. 04/02/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom UK in world-first trial to test effects of mixing COVID-19 vaccines “This study will give us greater insight into how we can use vaccines to stay on top of this nasty disease,” said Jonathan Van Tam, the UK's deputy chief medical officer. 04/02/2021
Now playing Next Europe News Borrell: EU-Russia ties at 'lowest' ebb but no new Navalny sanctions EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell's visit to Moscow comes in a week that saw Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny jailed for nearly three years. 04/02/2021
Now playing Next world news COVAX to distribute more than 330 million COVID vaccines through June Over 10 of the 145 countries that will receive vaccines through the global initiative are in Europe. 03/02/2021
Now playing Next Europe News Why do countries see vaccination as a race against each other? Vaccination has turned into a global race with countries comparing their performance against each other. 03/02/2021
Now playing Next Europe News EU will have 400M COVID vaccine doses by June, says von der Leyen If no other vaccines are obtained in the meantime, that's only enough doses to inoculate fewer than half of the EU's 447 million population. 03/02/2021
Now playing Next World Serbian PM: Vaccine success down to prioritising health over politics The latest data shows that 6.4 doses have been administered per 100 people in the Balkan state. That's higher than any EU state. 02/02/2021
Now playing Next Europe News 'Wholly unnecessary': Criticism mounts on Brussels over vaccine furore It's been a tumultuous last week for EU chief Ursula von der Leyen. 01/02/2021
Now playing Next Spain Vaccine brings hope to Spanish care homes devastated by COVID-19 There's a light at the end of the tunnel in Spain for care home residents and workers who have received their COVID vaccines. But they also recall the horror of the first wave. 01/02/2021
Now playing Next world news BioNTech/Pfizer pledges up to 75 million extra vaccine doses to EU COVID: BioNTech/Pfizer pledge up to 75 million extra vaccine doses to EU 01/02/2021