France expects national Covid-19 vaccine approval by 26 Dec.
France is planning to start its vaccination programme on Sunday
FILE PHOTO: Women, wearing protective face masks, walk past the department store Le Printemps Haussmann decorated with a discount sign in Paris on the first day of summer sales following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in France, July 15, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
French Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Tuesday that the French medical regulatory body was expected to give approval to Covid-19 vaccines by 26 Dec. after the European Medicines Agency approved the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech.
France is planning to start its vaccination programme on Sunday.
Veran reiterated that as of now, there was no evidence that the new variant of the coronavirus detected in Britain was circulating in the country.
