Relatives hug each other through a plastic film screen to avoid contracting Covid-19, at a nursing home in Italy on Nov 11. (AP pic)STOCKHOLM: The European Union expressed hope Wednesday that it could start vaccinating people against the novel coronavirus as early as next year, as Italy recorded more than one million cases and Britain said its death toll has surpassed the 50,000 mark.
The head of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Andrea Ammon, told AFP that a vaccination programme could be kicked off “optimistically (in the) first quarter next year, but I can’t be more precise,” …read more
Source:: Free Malaysia Today
