Statement by President von der Leyen on the marketing authorisation of the BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19

Published on December 21, 2020

European Commission Statement Brussels, 21 Dec 2020 Good evening.
Today we add an important chapter in our fight against COVID-19. We took the decision to make available for European citizens the first COVID-19 v...

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