European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen makes a statement on the marketing authorisation of the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine in Brussles, Belgium, Dec. 21, 2020. The European Union (EU) gave the green light to using Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19 within the bloc late on Monday, hours after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) made a positive scientific assessment. "We approved the first safe and effective vaccine against COVID-19. More vaccines will come soon. Doses of the vaccine approved today will be available for all EU countries, at the same time, on the same conditions," said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. (European Union/Handout via Xinhua)
