1 Feb 2021

Germany correspondent Thomas Sparrow

From Nine To Noon, 9:50 am on 1 February 2021

The distribution of  Covid vaccines was supposed to be seen as a reason for hope in Europe but it has fast become a big headache for European officials. This amid growing concerns about variants. Also Germany prepares to mark the end of the Angela Merkel era.

Edith Kwoizalla, 101 years old, receives the first vaccination against the novel coronavirus COVID-19 by Pfizer and BioNTech from Doctor  Bernhard Ellendt (R) in a senior care facility in Halberstadt (Seniorenzentrum Krueger), central northern Germany, on December 26, 2020.

Photo: AFP