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All EU member states plan to start vaccination from December 27th

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BERLIN, Dec 17 (Reuters) – All European Union member states plan to start vaccinations against COVID-19 from Dec. 27, German health minister Jens Spahn said on Thursday.

“In Germany we will start, if the approval comes as planned, on Dec. 27. The other countries in the EU want to be able to start and want to start from Dec. 27,” he said ahead of a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and executives of vaccine maker BioNTech.

(Reporting by Ludwig Burger and Thomas Escritt; Writing by Maria Sheahan)

Topics Vaccination