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EU to get an extra 50 million COVID vaccines by the end of June

The European Commission chief said the total doses EU countries will receive from Pfizer will now be 250 million in the second quarter of this year.

Australia

Australia buys 20 million more Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines for COVID-19

The announcement comes hours after Australia said it would stop using the AstraZeneca jab on those under 50 years old.

China

Hong Kong halts use of Pfizer vaccine, cites defective lids

Hong Kong halts use of Pfizer vaccine, cites defective lids

World News

COVID vaccine: EU says it has exported 34m doses to over 30 countries

The latest vaccine exports figures from the EU Commission come days after London and Brussels lobbed accusations of vaccine nationalism at each other.

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EU orders extra 4 million vaccine doses from Pfizer-BioNTech

The extra doses will be delivered in the next two weeks as the bloc faces sharp criticism over the slow rollout of vaccinations.

World News

EU to receive 100m doses per month from April, says Von der Leyen

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told German newspapers that the bloc will receive 300 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines between April and June.

France

France's Sanofi to produce millions of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 jabs

Sanofi is to produce as many as 12 million doses a month of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine once approved. It has also agreed to manufacture 125 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech jab.

Europe News

COVID- vaccine: EU to get extra 350 million doses in 2021

The 27-country bloc is now expected to receive 500 million doses of Pfizer/BioNTech's vaccine this year. Enough to inoculate 250 million people.

World

Serbian PM: Vaccine success down to prioritising health over politics

The latest data shows that 6.4 doses have been administered per 100 people in the Balkan state. That's higher than any EU state.

World News

BioNTech/Pfizer pledges up to 75 million extra vaccine doses to EU

COVID: BioNTech/Pfizer pledge up to 75 million extra vaccine doses to EU

Italy

Watch: Delivering a COVID vaccine and keeping it at -80℃ is not easy

Vaccines are already in short supply. So you don't want to ruin the Pfizer one by allowing it to thaw.

World News

EU states ramp up vaccinations amid Pfizer delivery delay

UK announces it has administered 4.6m vaccination doses. Meanwhile, Pfizer says that fewer doses will be available for European countries at the end of January and the beginning of February."

USA

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine appears to protect against UK mutation

The Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine appears to protect against a mutation that has been found in two highly contagious variants of coronavirus which were discovered in the UK and South Africa.

Germany

Germany defends COVID vaccine rollout amid criticism it's too slow

Health Minister Jens Spahn blamed the slow start of Germany's #vaccine campaign on a global shortage of doses.

World News

EU's COVID-19 vaccine rollout suffering shortages and delays

The shortage is being partly blamed on the fact that the European Medicines Agency is yet to approve the Moderna and Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccines.

Spain

Pfizer delays COVID-19 vaccine deliveries due to temperature issues

Spain is one of the countries affected by the issue, which Health Minister Salvador Illa said has since been resolved and will see the vaccine on the road today.