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Austria

Austrian mayors accused of jumping queue for COVID-19 vaccines

Austrian authorities have confirmed they are investigating reports that non-priority citizens, including mayors, have received COVID-19 vaccines.

Europe News

At least 80% of priority groups should be vaccinated by March, EU says

"We can soon start to see the beginning of the end of the pandemic," said health commissioner Stella Kyriakides in a statement.

Ireland

Irish hospital apologises after staff relatives have leftover vaccines

Ministers in Ireland have asked for an investigation after spare COVID-19 vaccines were given to some relatives of staff at a Dublin maternity hospital.

Norway

No link found after COVID-19 vaccine deaths - Norway Health Authority

Norway has stressed that there was no established link between the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and the deaths of elderly people who had been vaccinated.

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World News

'Catastrophic moral failure': WHO chief slams COVID vaccine rollout

The WHO director-general said rich countries buying up all the doses of COVID vaccines was a "catastrophic moral failure".

Europe News

MEPs will see EU vaccine contract but calls for more transparency grow

MEPs will see details of the EU's deal with COVID-19 vaccine provider CureVac on Tuesday. But that hasn't stopped calls for Brussels to be more transparent on all its vaccine contracts.

My Europe Series

Why does the EU take longer than the UK to approve a COVID-19 vaccine?

Europe's medicines agency approved two vaccines for use in recent weeks, but Britain has put three into general circulation in the same time period

Ukraine

Ukrainian President calls for investigation into vaccine 'smuggling'

Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky has ordered security officials to "verify without delay" claims that state officials have been secretly vaccinated against Covid-19 with illegally imported vaccines.

Germany

Germany defends COVID vaccine rollout amid criticism it's too slow

Health Minister Jens Spahn blamed the slow start of Germany's #vaccine campaign on a global shortage of doses.

Europe News

EU's health chief defends COVID vaccine rollout after criticism

"This is not about a blame game," said EU health commissioner Stella Kyriakides. "This is about fighting the pandemic."

Europe News

Brussels under pressure over its COVID-19 vaccine plan

Bavaria's top official has slated the EU for its process of buying and distributing vaccines.

The Cube

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.

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.

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Italy puts medical workers at the front of the queue for COVID vaccine

It is part of Italy's policy of vaccinating medical staff before anyone else.

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

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".

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

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US Vice President Mike Pence receives COVID-19 vaccine

Vice President Mike Pence was vaccinated for COVID-19 on Friday in a live-television event aimed at reassuring Americans the vaccine is safe.

France

Non-priority groups to be vaccinated at ‘end of spring’ in France

France will kick off its coronavirus vaccination campaign at the end of this month, "if conditions are met", Prime Minister Jean Castex has said - but the bulk of the population will have to wait until the "end of spring".

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COVID-19 vaccine set to be distributed throughout the US

Dry ice, shipping labels and packing tape were on hand as workers in face masks and gloves prepared the packages of vaccine doses.