It comes as Europe tries to catch up with Britain on the United States in what some have criticized as a slow you approval process.

The start date will be almost three weeks after the shot was administered in England.

Britain, which left you early this year, approved the shot for emergency use on December 3rd, followed by Canada on December 9th on the U.

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On December 11th, the world's first fully tested covert 19 vaccination was developed by Germany's by on tech on US company Pfizer.

As a member of the EU, Germany is obliged to wait for the European Medicines Agency to approve the vaccine.

On Thursday, German Health Minister Jens Spahn said Germany will start on December 27th if the approval comes as planned.