Some Catholics have refused to take the Wuhan virus vaccines that use aborted fetal cells. In Indonesia, Muslims were concerned about the 'halal status' of the vaccines. Are anti-vaxxers exploiting religion? WION's Palki Sharma Upadhyay tells you more.

Gravitas: Are anti-vaxxers exploiting religion?

Health officials in Alaska have reported that a second health care worker had an adverse reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine. Also read | Alaska healthcare worker suffers an allergic reaction to Covid-19 vaccine, Pfizer to assess the report Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau says the two workers showed adverse reactions about 10 minutes after receiving the vaccine and were treated.

Second Alaska health care worker has a severe reaction to COVID-19 vaccine

China is planning to vaccinate 50 million people in the high-priority group against the coronavirus before the start of the peak Lunar New Year travel season early next year, the South China Morning Post reported on Friday.

China to vaccinate 50 million people for Lunar New Year

A health care worker in Alaska developed a severe allergic reaction shortly after receiving the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine Tuesday evening and had to be hospitalized overnight.

Alaska healthcare worker suffers an allergic reaction to Covid-19 vaccine, Pfizer to assess the report

US experts will meet Thursday to decide whether to recommend approval of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use.

Moderna vaccine inches closer to emergency use approval in United States

The World Health Organization (WHO) regional office for the Western Pacific on Thursday called for greater vigilance amid the roll-out of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, saying the vaccine is not a "silver bullet" that will end the nearly year-long pandemic which has already killed over 1.

'Not a silver bullet': WHO calls for greater vigilance of COVID-19 vaccine

COVID-19 vaccine is likely to be authorised on friday in U.S., Moderna vaccine will be the second authorised vaccine in United States for the emergency purposes.

United States near to second COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

The Union health ministry on Tuesday said 29,000 cold chain points, 240 walk-in coolers, 70 walk-in freezers, 45,000 ice-lined refrigerators, 41,000 deep freezers and 300 solar refrigerators will be used for COVID-19 vaccine storage.

Indian government prepares cold storage facilities for COVID-19 vaccines

According to authorities the first phase of highly awaited Pfizer-Biotech vaccine rollout is all set to start from Monday onwards. 145 sites across U.S to receive vaccine on Monday. Head of U.S food and drug administration on Saturday said the efforts to distribute in nations first vaccine are well and truly underway.

U.S Pfizer-Biotech vaccine rollout to begin on Monday

The clinical trials of a coronavirus vaccine candidate being developed in Australia has been scrapped after trial participants returned false-positive test results for HIV, the developers announced on Friday.

Australia ends COVID-19 vaccine trials after participants develop antibodies for HIV

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

As the United Kingdom began administering people with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, foreign delegates from more than 60 countries on Wednesday arrived in Hyderabad to visit leading biotech companies in India which are developing COVID-19 vaccines.

64 foreign envoys arrive at Bharat Biotech facility in Hyderabad that is developing Covid-19 vaccine

Hari Shukla, an Indian-origin man, will become one of the first people in the world to receive the COVID-19 vaccine as he is scheduled to get a shot of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in Newcastle, the UK on Tuesday.

Hari Shukla, Indian-origin man, among first in world to receive COVID-19 vaccine

This is a historic week in the fight against the Wuhan virus as two major vaccine programs are now underway. Russia and the United Kingdom have started inoculating their citizens against the novel coronavirus this week.

Coronavirus vaccine rollout: Russia and UK begin inoculating their citizens

While the world is crippling under the COVID-19 pandemic and scientists are rushing to develop and manufacture a vaccine to fight the novel coronavirus, the politics around the vaccine has reached the doors of the US courts.

Anti-vaccine scientist to testify before US Senate Committee

The monarch, 94, and her 99-year-old husband Prince Philip are in line to get the jab early due to their age and will not receive preferential treatment

Britain: Queen Elizabeth, husband to get Covid-19 vaccine

The World Health Organization's director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said he will be 'happy' to take a shot of the approved COVID-19 vaccine in front of the cameras, after the US President-elect Joe Biden, former President Barack Obama and many others volunteered for the same.

WHO Chief Tedros to take COVID-19 vaccine on camera

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the White House expert on the coronavirus pandemic, had earlier criticised the UK for rushing to approve the COVID-19 vaccine, alleging a failure to scrutinize data from the manufacturers.

Anthony Fauci backtracks on UK vaccine comments; apologises for 'misunderstanding'

As the world is bracing itself for COVID-19 vaccines, which are being expected to be rolled out in a few days, the World Health Organization (WHO) has another worry — keeping a track of the receivers of the coronavirus vaccine.

WHO suggests e-certificates for COVID-19 vaccine receivers

The World Health Organization does not believe there will be enough quantities of coronavirus vaccines in the next three to six months to prevent a surge of infections, its top emergency expert said on Wednesday.

Vaccines insufficient to prevent surge in coronavirus for next six months: WHO

Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use and said that it will be rolled out from early next week.

UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine: Who gets it first?

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday said that COVID-19 vaccines should be voluntary, adding that the country will not make the vaccines mandatory. Johnson added that he urges people to take the vaccine, but that it is not a part of “our culture or our ambition in this country to make vaccines mandatory”.

'Not how we do things': British PM Boris Johnson on rumours of compulsory vaccination

Biotechnology company Moderna said on Monday that it will request the US and European regulators to issue an emergency authorisation for its coronavirus vaccine, which it said is 100 per cent effective against severe COVID-19 cases.

Moderna vaccine 100% effective in severe cases; to seek US, EU approval

Moderna Inc will apply for US and European emergency authorisation for its COVID-19 vaccine on Monday after full results from a late-stage study showed it was 94.

Moderna seeks US, EU authorisation for vaccine as final results confirm 94% efficacy

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