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Brussels (dpa) - The first vaccine against the coronavirus has been approved in the European Union.

The EU Commission granted the preparation of the Mainz company Biontech and its US partner Pfizer the conditional marketing authorization, as EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday.

This means that vaccinations against the coronavirus can now also start in the EU.

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