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epa08905970 WWII veteran Emilie Repikova receives a vaccine of the Pfizer-BioNTech against the COVID-19 at the Military University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic, 27 December 2020. Czech Republic started with vaccination in the morning on 27 December 2020. Some 12.5 million doses of the vaccine were shipped to European countries after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) gave the green light to European countries to start COVID-19 vaccinations in the coming days using shot jointly developed by US company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech. EPA/MARTIN DIVISEK