Malaysian pharmaceutical company Pharmaniaga has said it is planning to build the world's first halal vaccine facility by 2022.

Malaysia says halal issue won't affect Covid-19 vaccine roll-out

The Rich Countries have already secured 53% of the vaccine doses for the Wuhan Virus. Will the poor countries be left behind?

Gravitas: Wuhan Virus Vaccine: Will poor countries lose out?

Malaysia has said that the issue of Halal will not effect the corona vaccine roll-out in the country, Malaysian councils for islamic affairs held a meeting to discuss whether the vaccines wil be administerd to the muslims as sixty percent of population are muslim in the country.

Malaysia: Halal is not an issue for coronavirus vaccine roll-out

Ambassadors and High Commissioners of around 60 countries have landed in Hyderabad, India to visit Bharat Biotech headquarter and Biological E limited which are working on the COVID-19 vaccine.

India: Envoys from 60 nations arrived in Hyderabad to visit Bharat-Biotech HQ

UK is planning to a 'mix & match' trial of Oxford & Pfizer vaccines. The pilot trial has been scheduled for January 2021.

UK to begin trial to 'mix & match' COVID-19 vaccines from Jan 2021

According to a report of The Lancet, Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective, giving good protection. But experts say this confirmation does little for regulatory bodies who are yet to approve vaccine.

The Lancet: Oxford-Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccine is 'safe and effective'

Ambassadors and High Commissioners of around 80 countries will be landing in Hyderabad, India on December 9 to visit Bharat Biotech and BE limited which are working on the COVID-19 vaccine.

India: Envoys from 80 nations to visit Bharat-Biotech HQ

Indian Pharmaceuticals firm Bharat Biotech is seeking emergency authorisation of its Coronavirus vaccine 'Covaxin'. This comes after Pfizer & Serum institute producing AstraZeneca vaccine have applied for the emergency use authorisation from DGCI.

India: Bharat Biotech latest to seek emergency use authorisation

This is a historic week for the fight against the Wuhan Virus. Two countries have kicked off mass immunisation programs. In India, two vaccine makers have moved for emergency authorisation.

Gravitas: A historic week for the fight against the Wuhan Virus

Britain has began to roll out the vaccine developed by US pharma Pfizer & its German partner BioNTech today. It became the first Western country in the world to start mass vaccination programme against the COVID-19. A 90 year old woman becomes the first person in western world to get vaccine.

UK: 90 year old becomes first in western world to get COVID vaccine

The Serum Institute of India (SII) on Sunday became the first indigenous company to apply to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) seeking emergency use authorisation for the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine 'Covishield' in the country,

News Alert: Serum institute seeks emergency use nod for 'Covishield' vaccine in India

According to reports, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will receive the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine within weeks, after UK regulators granted emergency approval and the world's first rollout which begins this week.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II to get COVID-19 vaccine in weeks: Reports

Indonesia government on Sunday said 1.2 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by China-based biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech arrived in the country.

Indonesia gets 1.2 mn doses of China-made COVID-19 vaccine

The United Kingdom is preparing to become the first country to roll out the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine this week, initially making the shot available at hospitals before distributing stocks to doctors clinics. The vaccine will be available in Britain from December 08.

UK gets ready for Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine rollout this week

The US company Pfizer Inc, whose vaccine was recently approved by the British government, has written to the Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI) for emergency use authorisation of its coronavirus vaccine in India.

News Alert: Pfizer seeking emergency NOD from DCGI for India

Russia has become the first country to start its inoculation drive. Medical workers and teachers, who are two high-risk groups, are among the first to get shots of COVID-19 vaccine.

Russia becomes first country to vaccinate citizens outside trials

The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Authority (MHRA) in the UK has not had a round of applause from anyone other than the UK’s politicians and the vaccine companies.

UK-EU spar over best vaccine regulator

U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Commissioner Stephen Hahn has said that it is realistic to expect that 20 million Americans could be vaccinated against Coronavirus by the end of this year. Hahn declined to give a specific timeline for vaccine approvals.

US FDA Chief: 20 mn to be vaccinated this year

The highest number of any individual government apart from India which has already made agreements for 1.6 billion doses while the EU has secured a further 1.585 billion. Of the U.S. total, Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna both account for 100 million doses.

How many Covid-19 vaccine doses has the nations secured?

The past few week have brought some good news, from bio-chemical firms showing 90% efficacy in their vaccines to countries ordering doses and getting ready for distribution.

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The federal government is distributing the vaccines based on a state’s population. Cuomo said an estimated 40,000 more doses of Moderna’s vaccine are expected by the end of the month

1st batch of 170,000 doses to arrive in New York by Dec 15

The medical regulator of United Kingdom has officially approved the rollout of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Britain has became the first country in the world to approve the vaccine for widespread use.

WION Fineprint: UK becomes first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine

Russia's coronavirus vaccine Sputnik-V has arrived in India for adapted phase 2 & 3 clinical trials. This comes after both countries agrees to mass produce the vaccine in India.

Sputnik-V arrives in India for phase 2 & 3 clinical trials

Britain has became the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for widespread use and said that it will be made available for rollout across the UK from early next week.

BioNTech news conference on COVID-19 vaccine that got approval by UK

Watch: UK vaccine regulator briefs on rollout after Pfizer vaccine gets approval

UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for use, first in the world

United Kingdom has became the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for widespread use and said that it will be made available across the Britain from early next week.

Breaking News: UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for mass rollout

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with various vaccine developers like the Gennova Biopharma and Biological E Ltd and Dr. Reddy's laboratories Ltd. This comes after the PM visited three Biotechnology firms.

News Alert: Indian PM Modi holds virtual meet with 3 biotechnology firms

UK has asked it's independent regulator to assess Astrazeneca vaccine for possible rollout. WION brings you a report.

UK regulatory to study Aztrazeneca vaccine

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked a pretty comprehensive tri city tour of the COVID facilities in the country that are involved in the manufacturing & development of the COVID-19 vaccine.

PM Modi visits India's top 3 vaccine hubs

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