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COVID-19: Greece back under lockdown, France sets earlier curfew

A strict one-week lockdown is being introduced in Greece while an earlier nighttime curfew is coming into force in France on Saturday, impacting 6 million people.

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EU's COVID-19 vaccine rollout suffering shortages and delays

The shortage is being partly blamed on the fact that the European Medicines Agency is yet to approve the Moderna and Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccines.

Europe Decoded

COVID vaccines: Hesitancy, conspiracy theories and misinformation

In this special edition of The Cube we dive into the difference between legitimate vaccine hesitancy and the anti-vaccine movement.

Denmark

Queen Margrethe of Denmark vaccinated against coronavirus

The Danish court announced the monarch had received the first injection of the Pfizer/BioTech coronavirus vaccine.

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My Europe Series

Europe's week: Out with the old, in with the new

The coronavirus pandemic look like it will dominate 2021 from the outset, but a new American President and German Chancellor could also shape the world for year's to come.

Greece

COVID-19: Greek government's ‘vaccination selfies’ spark anger

Greece's government has halted the vaccination of senior state officials following a backlash from health care unions and opposition parties.

United Kingdom

UK approves AstraZeneca/Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine for use

The UK has ordered 100 million doses from AstraZeneca, which can vaccinate 50 million people.

World News

UK adds a record more than 50,000 daily COVID-19 cases

The record number, though due in part to a backlog from the holidays, was a "reflection of a real increase" in the country, an expert at Public Health England said.

Russia

Russia admits COVID-19 death toll is more than triple official numbers

Official figures from the Russian health authority say 55,265 people have died from COVID-19; however, the statistics agency has said this figure is more than three times higher.

Spain

Spain to keep registry of citizens who refuse a coronavirus vaccine

The registry, which will be shared with the EU, will not be made public and will be "done with the utmost respect for data protection," the country's health minister said.

Belgium

'I feel 30 years younger': Man, 96, first to get COVID jab in Belgium

"I'm 96 years old and I've been through a lot," Jos Hermans told reporters just before receiving the injection on Monday.

World News

A mammoth task: EU rolls out COVID-19 vaccine

EU member states face logistical challenges and vaccine scepticism as they embark on a coordinated campaign to immunise their populations.

Spain

Pfizer delays COVID-19 vaccine deliveries due to temperature issues

Spain is one of the countries affected by the issue, which Health Minister Salvador Illa said has since been resolved and will see the vaccine on the road today.

United Kingdom

AstraZeneca has 'winning formula' to boost COVID vaccine efficacy

The chief executive of the pharmaceutical giant assured that the vaccine developed with Oxford University should be effective against the new coronavirus strain sweeping the UK.

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First COVID-19 vaccinations take place in Rome and Prague

An Italian nurse, Claudia Alivernini, became the first person in Italy to receive the COVID-19 vaccine while Czech prime minister Andrej Babis kicked off the country's coronavirus vaccination programme.

World News

EU kickstarts mass COVID-19 vaccination in 'touching moment of unity'

EU member states each received the first shipment of just under 10,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine on Saturday in what the EU's top official hailed as a "moment of unity".

World News

Europeans face tighter coronavirus restrictions as vaccine rollout begins

Many Europeans woke up to harsher restrictions on Saturday as the first vaccines deliveries arrived in EU countries.

My Europe Series

Europe's week: Vaccine approval and a final dose of Brexit

With Christmas finally upon us this week, so was the welcome news of the EMA's vaccine approval. But failure to secure a Brexit agreement still plagued European leaders, as the continent shut its borders to the UK over fears of a mutant COVID-19 strain spreading further outside of Britain.

World News

'It's happening': EU preparing first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines

The EU27 member states will each receive around 10,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNtech coronavirus vaccine on Saturday, the Commission has said.

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.