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WHO issues Emergency Use Validation for Pfizer, BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organization said on Thursday it had issued an emergency use validation for the vaccine against the coronavirus developed by the Pfizer and BioNTech companies, the first one since the start of the pandemic.
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Amid global criticism, China approves Sinopharm vaccine for general use
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 31 (ANI): Amid global criticism over the efficacy of the Sinopharm vaccine against COVID-19, China on Thursday approved the country's first coronavirus vaccine for general public use, reported New York Times (NYT).
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Eight care home workers in Germany overdosed on Pfizer vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], December 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Eight elderly workers at a German care home were mistakenly injected with five times the recommended dose of the Pfizer/Biontech vaccine, local authorities said Monday.
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Over 600,000 UK citizens receive first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], December 25 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 600,000 UK citizens have received the vaccine against the coronavirus developed by Pfizer and BioNTech pharmaceutical companies, the Department of Health said.
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Pfizer, BioNTech to deliver extra 100million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], December 23 (ANI): Pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and BioNTech announced on Wednesday that they would deliver an extra 100 millions doses of their Covid-19 vaccine to the United States.
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Severe side effects of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine not common: Robert Ko
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], December 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Severe side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by the US' Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech pharmaceutical companies are a rare occurrence, a representative of the Robert Koch Institute said on Tuesday.
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Israeli President gets Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on first day of mass vaccin
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Israeli President Reuven Rivlin received his first shot of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday as a mass vaccination programme officially started in the country.
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Panama govt approves Pfizer, BioNTech coronavirus vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Panama City [Panama] December 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Panama's government has approved the emergency use of the vaccine produced by US company Pfizer and German company BioNTech, the delivery of the first batch is expected in the first quarter of 2021, the country's Health Ministry said.
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Canada gets first batch of Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine: Trudeau
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], December 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The first batch of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has been delivered to Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.
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COVID vaccine: US CDC accepts advisory panel's recommendation with first s
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 14 (ANI): The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Sunday (local time) signed off on the advisory panel's recommendation to use Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine in people of age 16 and older.
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UPS, FedEx collaborate to ship Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines in US
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
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.
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Mexico authorizes emergency use of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
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.
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