'Believe in Science': EU Kicks Off COVID-19 Vaccine Campaign
A nurse handles a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the Feixa Llarga nursing home, in Barcelona, on Dec. 27.
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Rome (AP) -- Doctors, nurses and the elderly rolled up their sleeves across the European Union to receive the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine Sunday in a symbolic show of unity and moment of hope for a continent confronting its worst health care crisis in a century.
Weeks after the U.S., Canada and Britain began inoculations with the same vaccine, the 27-nation bloc staged a coordinated rollout aimed at projecting a unified message that the shot was safe and Europe’s best chance to emerge from the pandemic.