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Israel

Israel offers fourth vaccine dose to citizens aged 60 and over

Israel has been a pioneer in vaccinating its citizens against the coronavirus and began offering a third dose to citizens as early as last summer.

03/01/2022

Europe News

Greta Thunberg and Angela Merkel triumph at the Women of Europe Awards

BioNTech founder Dr Özlem Türeci and grassroots activist Jenny Rasche were also recognised for their work.

02/12/2021

Health news

Pfizer’s COVID vaccine ‘91% effective’ in children aged 5-11

Young children were found to have strong protection from COVID-19 with Pfizer's COVID vaccine according to new data.

22/10/2021

World News

Vaccine maker BioNTech to use mRNA tech to target malaria

BioNTech says the insights it has gained from developing an mRNA vaccine against the coronavirus could help developing shots for malaria, a disease that infects millions of people every year.

26/07/2021

World

Pfizer says third COVID-19 vaccine dose could provide greater immunity

Pfizer has said that a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine could boost immunity.

09/07/2021

Italy

Italian woman mistakenly given six doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

A 23-year-old woman in Tuscany remains under observation after she was mistakenly given an entire vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine - equivalent to six doses.

10/05/2021

Netherlands

Cyberattack on EU medicines agency 'accessed data on COVID-19 vaccine'

It said Wednesday's cyberattack accessed documents relating to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, which the regulator is in the process of vetting

09/12/2020

World

EU to sign a deal for 300 million doses of BioNtech/Pfizer vaccine

The EU has already signed supply deals with AstraZeneca, Sanofi and Johnson & Johnson for their potential COVID-19 shots.

11/11/2020