A refrigerated truck is escorted by Italian Police as it arrives at the Spallanzani hospital to deliver the first doses of vaccine in Rome, Saturday, December 26, 2020. In Italy, which has Europe’s worst virus death toll at over 71,000 people, a nurse in Rome at Spallanzani Hospital, the main infectious diseases facility in the capital, will be the first in the country to receive the vaccine, followed by other health personnel. Italy added 19,037 coronavirus patients on Friday. The nation raised its overall tally of confirmed infections in the pandemic to 2,028,354.-AP

Source: The Standard December 26, 2020 15:45 UTC