Washington [US], December 13 (ANI): Trucks with the first batches of the company's long-awaited Covid-19 vaccine departed the Pfizer plant in Portage, Michigan, on Sunday morning to 636 predetermined locations.
Kozhikode (Kerala) [India], December 13 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has lodged a complaint with the State Election Commission against Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for violating the code of conduct amid local body elections and promising voters of free Covid-19 vaccine, said
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 13 (ANI): Echoing Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Finance Minister Thomas Isaac on Sunday said that the COVID-19 vaccine, once cleared, will be available free of cost in the state.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 13 (ANI): Ahead of the final phase of Kerala local body polls, the opposition UDF has filed a complaint with the State Election Commission against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan alleging violation of election code of conduct.
Washington [US], December 13 (ANI): Rival US companies UPS and FedEx are working side-by-side to ship the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, after it was approved for emergency use by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday.
Washington [US], December 13 (ANI): Initial doses of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine will be delivered to states from Monday morning, said General Gustave Perna, head of the Donald Trump-led administration's Operation Warp Speed, on Saturday (local time).
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 12 (ANI): Telangana government has constituted four committees for the COVID-19 vaccination mechanism in the state.
Mexico City [Mexico], December 12 (ANI/Sputnik): The Mexican Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk (Cofepris) has licensed the coronavirus vaccine developed by the Pfizer-BioNTech duo for emergency use, Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez Gatell said on Saturday.
Washington [US], December 12 (ANI): As skepticism regarding the safety of COVID-19 vaccine among the African American community rises, US top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said that one of the major vaccine candidates has been worked on by an African American woman.
Washington [US], December 12 (ANI): Soon after the US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use across the country, President Donald Trump said that the vaccine will be administered "in less than 24 hours."
New York [US], December 12 (ANI): The US Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use on Friday for the prevention of coronavirus disease in individuals 16 years of age and older.
Washington [US], December 12 (ANI): Biotech company Moderna on Friday (local time) announced that the US government will purchase an additional 100 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, thus bringing its confirmed order commitment to 200 million doses.