Each spring, the Belgian town of Puurs holds a festival in honour of its bountiful asparagus – or ‘white gold’ as it is called locally. Hundreds of thousands of doses are already rolling off the production line at Pfizer’s hub in the sleepy town which lies midway between Brussels and Antwerp. ‘But Pfizer has contracts.’Puurs is little more than an intersection of two roads with a church, school, chemist and delicatessen. Until last week, Puurs was best known as the home of Dina Tersago, a former Miss Belgium who hosts a reality TV show matchmaking women with single Flemish farmers. Pictured: Pfizer facility in Puurs, BelgiumBut another local called Clothide cannot wait to join the queue for the jab.

Source: Daily Mail November 15, 2020 01:49 UTC