Sweden
Sweden has signed an agreement to gain access to five vaccines from various pharmaceutical companies, should these be approved.
It is expected to be able to start vaccination after the turn of the year.
During the first quarter, Sweden will receive doses that are sufficient for a total of two million Swedes and "the most vulnerable" will be prioritized, according to the Swedish Public Health Agency's Director General Johan Carlson.
Elderly people and staff in nursing homes and in the home care service will be vaccinated first.
Initially, it is about almost 600,000 people.
People over the age of 70 and other risk groups will also be given priority, as will staff in health care.
When the general public will be offered vaccines is not entirely clear, but it is unlikely to happen before the summer according to the Public Health Agency.
It will be free for anyone who wants to take the vaccine.
Belgium
In Belgium, the vaccination will take place in three stages, according to Radio Télévision Belge Francophone.
In the first step, healthcare professionals will receive the vaccine, in step two elderly people and people in the risk group and only in step three can you talk about mass vaccination.
The vaccination is expected to begin on January 5, according to Prime Minister Alexandre De Croo.
Bulgaria
Bulgaria will begin vaccinating doctors, nurses, dentists and pharmacists in the first stage, according to Reuters.
In step two, teachers, people in special housing and people employed on mink farms will be vaccinated, followed by people over 65 years of age.
Angel Kunchev at the country's health authority says that vaccination will "certainly" begin after the turn of the year.
Cyprus
Cyprus is expected to receive its first vaccine doses by the end of December, according to CyprusMail.
Initially, healthcare professionals will be vaccinated, followed by people at risk.
After that, people with socially important professions such as police and public transport staff will be vaccinated.
Denmark
Denmark hopes to begin vaccination at the end of December and will implement it in two phases.
Risk groups, the elderly and the chronically ill, will receive the vaccine first, according to the plan.
Estonia
In Estonia, it is planned to start vaccination in January, if the vaccine is available then, writes the country's public service company ERR.
The first to be vaccinated are healthcare professionals, people in special housing, the elderly and people with special chronic diseases, and people with socially important occupations.
Finland
Finland also hopes to be able to start vaccinating in December - perhaps even before Christmas.
Care staff who take care of covid patients and people who work in nursing homes will be given priority.
Thereafter, the elderly and people at risk are expected to receive vaccines.
There is no forecast for when the population will be vaccinated.
France
France will vaccinate its population starting in late December or early January.
The country's public health authority has developed a five-step plan for how the vaccination will be carried out.
First out, in step one, are the elderly living in nursing homes, followed by those over 75, followed by those over 65 with other risk factors and then everyone else between 65 and 74 years.
In step three, people over the age of 50 must be vaccinated and those under the age of 50 with other risk factors.
This is followed by people who have contact with corona infected, and in step five, everyone over 18 must be offered a vaccine.
The general public is expected to receive the vaccine between April and June next year.
Greece
Greece expects to receive the first doses of vaccine in early 2021, according to Reuters.
Healthcare staff largest first in line to be vaccinated, closely followed by people over 65 years.
The country's health minister, Vassilis Kikilias, estimates that two million Greeks will be vaccinated each month.
Ireland
In Ireland, an expert group has been put together for the work against covid-19.
This will present a national vaccine plan to the government on December 11, according to local media.
The vaccination is expected to start in January, but it is not yet clear which groups will be given priority first.
Iceland
Iceland's state epidemiologist Þórólfur Guðnason says that the vaccination of Icelanders will be able to begin at the beginning of next year, writes Iceland Review.
The population has been divided into different priority groups.
The first group to be vaccinated are medical staff and other staff in the emergency department at the University Hospital in Reyjkyjavik and the Akureyri Hospital in northern Iceland.
Italy
Italy will receive its vaccine doses through the EU procurement program and is awaiting approval from the European Medicines Agency.
The vaccination program will begin "in the spring" and the doses will be free for citizens, reports The Local.
First in line to get the vaccine are doctors and care staff, followed by residents in nursing homes, then people over 80, followed by those between 60 and 79 years and people with chronic diseases.
The vaccine will then be offered to people in socially important professions to finally be available to the general public.
Croatia
According to Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, the first doses of vaccine are expected to be delivered soon after the vaccine is approved.
Healthcare staff, people in special housing, people with chronic diseases and the elderly will be given priority when the vaccine is ready, writes Croatia Week.
Latvia
Once the vaccines are approved and available in the EU, Latvia will begin its vaccination gradually, writes the Latvian public service company LSM.
The first group to be vaccinated will be healthcare professionals.
It is currently planned that over 800,000 people will have their doses state-funded.
According to the current forecast, vaccination will begin in the first quarter of 2021.
Lithuania
The first doses of approved vaccine could reach Lithuania in January, says the country's Minister of Health Aurelijus Veryga, according to The Baltic Times.
The newspaper Verslo žinios writes that the first doses of vaccine will be given to doctors, but that it has not yet been determined how the vaccine will be given further priority.
Luxembourg
Luxembourg will buy vaccines through the EU.
If everything goes according to plan, the country can have access to 45,000 doses by the end of 2020, writes RTL Today.
That is enough for 22,500 people.
The first to be vaccinated are employees in health and care, followed by people over 65 and other risk groups.
Malta
As soon as a vaccine is approved in the EU and is available, Malta will start the vaccination, Malta Today writes.
At present, it is healthcare staff, pharmacists, police and rescue personnel, as well as people over the age of 80 who will be given priority first.
However, groups such as teachers and people with risk illnesses may be added to the priority list, according to the Times of Malta.
Netherlands
Once a vaccine has been approved in the EU, the Netherlands will give priority to vaccinating people over the age of 60, medical risk groups and healthcare professionals who are in direct contact with patients from any of the previously mentioned groups.
According to the head of the national vaccine program, Hans van Vliet, it is expected that it will take at least a year before the entire population is vaccinated.
Norway
Within the EU, the European Medicines Agency approves vaccines, which means that all EU countries can in theory start vaccination at the same time.
Sweden has undertaken the role of reselling vaccines to Norway, Iceland and Switzerland, which are not members of the Union.
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg has said that she hopes to start vaccinating priority groups early next year.
Poland
The first vaccine doses could reach Poland in January, Reuters reports.
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki says he will start vaccinating healthcare professionals, the elderly and security forces as soon as the vaccine is available.
The country has ordered 45 million vaccine doses.
Portugal
Portugal expects to launch its vaccination program in January.
People over the age of 50 with diseases that increase the risk of suffering from severe covid-19 will be given priority first, the government states according to ABC News.
Nursing staff and rescue workers, including police officers, and residents and nursing home staff will also be included in the first vaccine group.
This is followed by people over 65 and people between 50 and 65 with health problems.
In the third and final phase, the vaccine will be available to the general public.
Romania
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis estimates that the first doses of vaccine will arrive in the country in the first quarter of 2021, according to Romania Insider.
Healthcare professionals and people at risk will be vaccinated first.
Slovakia
The newspaper SME writes that Slovakia is expected to receive its first doses of vaccine in early January.
Initially, people in certain socially important professions and people in risk groups will be vaccinated.
Slovenia
In Slovenia, people over the age of 60 with chronic diseases, healthcare professionals and people with socially important occupations will first be vaccinated, according to the online newspaper Siol.
The hope is that the country will receive its first doses in early January.
Spain
Spain plans to start vaccinating against covid-19 in January, according to the country's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
According to The Local, the country's health authority has divided the population into 15 categories to determine the order of priority in which the vaccine is to be distributed.
The vaccination takes place in three phases, all of which last for three months, according to the country's Minister of Health.
The first to be vaccinated are employees in healthcare, residents and employees in nursing homes and people in special risk groups.
Exactly who will be included in phase two and phase three has not been fully determined, but it is expected that the entire population will have been offered the vaccine by the end of the summer.
UK
As early as next week, the British are expected to receive the first dose of vaccine, from Pfizer, a vaccine that was emergency approved in the UK.
People who live and work in elderly care will be given priority, followed by people over 80, care staff and social workers.
According to the New York Times, however, the first doses will be distributed to staff at 50 hospitals as the vaccine must be stored and transported safely.
Czech Republic
The Czech Minister of Health, Jan Blatný, expects the vaccine to reach the country early next year, according to several local media.
On December 7, Blatný will present the country's strategy regarding the groups that will be first in line for vaccination.
Germany
Germany, like other EU countries, is waiting for the vaccine to be approved by the European Commission, but the country's health minister has already called on the Länder to be ready to start vaccinating in mid-December.
At the same time, the head of the country's vaccine panel has said that it will take until 2022 before the entire population is vaccinated.
Healthcare professionals and those working in the public sector will be among the first to be offered vaccines.
Hungary
Hungary has announced that it will buy Russia's Sputnik vaccine.
The country has also shown interest in China's vaccine.
According to the news site Politico, there is a gap in the law that allows EU countries to round up the European Medicines Agency EMA and buy and distribute a vaccine for emergencies.
But the EU has warned Hungary and said it must keep the Russian vaccine within its borders.
Austria
Austria plans to start vaccination in January, writes Medical Xpress.
First out are the elderly, risk groups and healthcare professionals.
According to the country's Minister of Health Rudolf Anschober, the goal is to vaccinate 50 percent of the population.