Von der Leyen receives first dose of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine. The EU surpassed the 100 million vaccinated citizens this Tuesday, of which 26 million already have the complete guideline, as announced by the president of the European Commission.
The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen , received the first dose of the covid-19 vaccine on Thursday, in this case the serum developed by the German laboratory BioNTech and the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
“I am happy to have received the first dose of the covid-19 vaccine today. Vaccination will pick up pace as supply to the EU accelerates. The faster we get vaccinated, the sooner we can control the pandemic,” wrote the German on the social network Twitter.
As explained by community sources, the head of the Community Executive has been immunized with the vaccine that the companies BioNTech and Pfizer have developed jointly .
Von der Leyen receives first dose of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine. The EU surpassed the 100 million vaccinated citizens this Tuesday, of which 26 million already have the complete guideline, as announced by the president of the European Commission.
100 million immunized citizens
Von der Leyen has announced his injection with a photo disseminated through the networks, with a careful scene in which the European flag was very present, from the fabric mask that Von der Leyen was wearing to the band-aid that they have placed in the arm after puncture.
The EU institutions in Brussels have an agreement with the Belgian authorities to vaccinate their staff at their facilities , following the protocols set for the campaign in Belgium. and using the doses that correspond to Belgium in the framework of the European strategy.
The EU surpassed the 100 million vaccinated citizens this Tuesday , of which 26 million already have the complete guideline, as announced by Von der Leyen herself in a hearing in which she announced the advance of 50 million doses of Pfizer and BioNTech to cover AstraZeneca and Janssen delays.
