European Union begins Covid-19 vaccinations after clearing Pfizer shot

European Union countries began vaccinating against Covid-19 as members of the 27-nation bloc struggle with a rising number of people killed by the virus.

The coordinated rollout launched on Sunday is getting underway less than a week after the EU cleared a shot developed by Pfizer and BioNTech SE. Several European countries, including Germany, have imposed tougher restrictions in an effort to contain a winter surge in infections and deaths.

It will take months to inoculate enough people to have an impact on the spread of the disease, but the sense of urgency has grown after neighboring Britain locked down parts of