‘It’s such a relief’: how Europe’s Covid vaccine rollout is catching up with UK

More supplies and vaccination centres have put France, Italy and Germany back on track in battle against coronavirus

On Friday morning, Leyla Celik woke up with butterflies in her stomach. For weeks, the 22-year-old student at Berlin's Freie Universitat had tried in vain to get an appointment for her first Covid-19 vaccine shot so she could volunteer as a polling station administrator at federal elections in September. I'd basically given up hope."

But last week her university had suddenly got in touch via email, offering her a chance to get a first dose of Moderna vaccine on campus, and within a few days. By 9am on Friday, the anxiety has turned into euphoria: It's such a relief," said the native Berliner, nursing her achey shoulder at Freie's biology institute, converted into a vaccine delivery point as of this week. At last I can catch a train or a bus without feeling anxious."