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Germany hopes to start COVID-19 vaccination before year-end -health minister

German Health Minister Jens Spahn arrives for a news conference on the current situation concerning the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Berlin, Germany December 15, 2020. Tobias Schwarz/Pool via REUTERS

Germany's health minister said on Tuesday he hopes that a COVID-19 vaccine will get European Union approval before Christmas and that first inoculations can start before the end of the year.

Jens Spahn also confirmed the goal of a joint European Union approval. "We want a regular approval, not an emergency approval," he said at a press conference.

(Reporting by Kirsti Knolle, editing by Thomas Escritt)

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