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Pfizer-BioNTech ink vaccine deal with Brazil manufacturer

26-08-2021 14:42 Production will start next year and at full capacity will produce 100 million finished doses.

Argentina signs degree to change rule to ramp vaccine access

03-07-2021 13:20 Argentina changes vaccine regulations to speed access to a wider range of vaccines, as the Joe Biden administration steps up donations.

COVID-19 VACCINES

BioNTech-Pfizer say vaccine can stand warmer temperatures

19-02-2021 14:32 Tests on BioNTech-Pfizer shot have shown that the vaccine can stand warmer temperatures than initially thought, potentially simplifying the jab's cold-chain logistics.

Coronavirus pandemic

Covid-19 shots on the market or in development

17-02-2021 13:56 With several Covid-19 vaccines either being rolled out or under trial, here is a rundown of the various stages of their development.

Vaccine

Grandmother, 90, gets first Covid jab as UK starts vaccine drive

08-12-2020 08:08 Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old British grandmother, becomes the first person in a Western country to receive an approved coronavirus vaccine. The second, would you believe it, was called William Shakespeare.

HUNT FOR VACCINE

BioNTech: plucky German upstart wins Covid-19 vaccine race

02-12-2020 15:36 A small German biotech firm, started by a husband and wife team with Turkish roots, has created the first authorised vaccine for use in the Western world to help end the coronavirus pandemic.

HUNT FOR VACCINE

In historic first, UK says it will introduce Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine next week

02-12-2020 07:26 Britain on Wednesday became the first country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine for general use, announcing a rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech's jab from next week in a historic advance for humanity's fightback against the coronavirus.

HUNT FOR VACCINE

Vaccine innovation sparks hope, questions

10-11-2020 16:51 Reports that one of the vaccines for Covid-19 has shown highly promising results are a ray of hope for a world in the shadow of surging virus cases.

HUNT FOR VACCINE

Swiss regulator looking at AstraZeneca-Oxford virus vaccine

06-10-2020 14:58 Swiss authorities said Tuesday they had begun assessing AstraZeneca and Oxford University's Covid-19 vaccine – the first such treatment submitted for authorisation in the country.