In an interview with AFP, the director of the European agency in charge of epidemics, Andrea Ammon, also believes that the health situation is "very, very worrying".

In this context, the possibility of having a vaccine in less than six months, under an "optimistic" scenario, is good news.

The first vaccinations against Covid-19 in the European Union could take place "in the first quarter of 2021", in an "optimistic" scenario, said Wednesday the director of the European agency in charge of epidemics during an interview with AFP.

Indicators are going "in the wrong direction"

The situation on the front line of the epidemic on the Old Continent is "very, very worrying" and "all our indicators are going in the wrong direction," said Andrea Ammon, director of the European Center for Disease Control (ECDC). , calling on Europeans to respect scrupulously the restrictions in place, "as difficult as it is".