Covid-19: Brussels secures over 300 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
Von der Leyen reiterated that "other vaccines will follow in the coming weeks and months"
Von der Leyen reiterated that "other vaccines will follow in the coming weeks and months"
Vaccine was approved on December 21 by the European Medicines Agency (EMA)
Country not affected by a delay by pharmaceutical company Pfizer
Vaccination of health professionals starts this Sunday
This is "a significant step" in the fight against the pandemic.
Meeting was brought forward, after being initially scheduled for 29 December
Graça Freitas also said that Portugal is in the procurement mechanisms for this vaccine