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Germany, Hungary and Slovakia give first coronavirus vaccine shots ahead of EU rollout
Germany, Hungary and Slovakia have stolen a march on their fellow European Union (EU) nations by starting to vaccinate people against coronavirus.
Key points:
- The vaccine will be rolled out to 27 European nations today
- The first person to be inoculated in Germany was a 101-year-old woman
- France, Spain and Sweden have reported cases of the new variant of the virus
It came a day ahead of the official vaccine rollout in other EU countries, including France and Spain, as the pandemic surges across the continent.
Mass vaccinations for the bloc — home to almost 450 million people — would be a crucial step towards handling a pandemic that has killed more than 1.7 million around the world, crippled economies and destroyed businesses and jobs.
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