Health authorities in Saudi Arabia have registered the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for import and use in the country, state news agency SPA said on Thursday.

Now, Saudi Arabia approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

As the United Kingdom began administering people with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, researchers from the University of Oxford and pharmaceutical major AstraZeneca on Tuesday said that their vaccine is safe and has an efficacy of 70.

Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine safe and effective against COVID: Latest study confirms

India's ministry of health and family welfare dismissed a media report about the rejection of vaccines developed by Serum Institute of India(SII) and Bharat Biotech as "fake".

Fake report on rejection of vaccines by Serum Institute, Bharat Biotech: Government

After two British health officials suffered allergic reaction as they were administered with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, UK health department on Wednesday issued a warning cautioning people not to take the jab if they have a history of allergic reactions.

UK issues 'allergy warning' over Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine after two reported cases

The US Food and Drugs Administration(FDA) today backed the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine in a document declaring that it has a "favourable safety profile", reports said.

Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has favourable safety profile with no specific safety concerns identified: US FDA report

After Margaret Keenan, 90, received the first shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine in the UK, it was followed by an elderly man called William Shakespeare who like the famous British playwright also hails from Warwickshire.

'Not a joke': William Shakespeare from Warwickshire gets coronavirus jab in UK after Margaret Keenan

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

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

As the US Food and Drugs Association(FDA) prepares to judge the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines this month, US President-elect Joe Biden said the vaccine won't be made "mandatory" but he would do everything in his "powers as president" to encourage people to do the "right thing".

I wouldn't demand it be mandatory: Biden on vaccine

India is one of the leading vaccine suppliers to the world with Indian vaccine manufacturers sending more than one billion shots abroad every year. There are eight vaccine candidates that could be made in India.

India's COVID-19 vaccine target: 1 out of 5 citizen to get jab by July, 2021

The first rigorously tested coronavirus vaccine was given a green light for use Wednesday in Britain. Doses of the vaccine, made by the US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and a small German company, BioNTech, will be injected starting next week, the government said.

'We were at base camp': Why the UK approved a vaccine first

As the UK approved the Pfizer-BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered "large-scale" vaccinations in the country with the Sputnik V.

After UK, Putin orders mass COVID-19 vaccination in Russia from next week

Britain on Wednesday became the first country to approve Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine for general use and said it would be introduced next week. "The government has today accepted the recommendation from the independent Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to approve Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine for use," the department of health said in a statement.

UK becomes first country to approve Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine for general use

Days after the company and the university described the Covid vaccine shots as "highly effective", AstraZeneca and Oxford University have acknowledged a manufacturing error that is raising questions about preliminary results of their experimental COVID-19 vaccine.

Covid-19 vaccine: AstraZeneca acknowledges manufacturing error, study results affected

The Oxford University and British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca have announced on Monday that their vaccine for the novel coronavirus could be around 70% effective under one dosing regimen.

Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine shows 70% efficacy; can be 90% effective, trial data reveals

After announcing successful human trials of the coronavirus vaccine, the US biotech giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech have applied for immediate approval of the vaccine in the US.

Pfizer-BioNTech apply for COVID-19 vaccine approval in US

The year 2020 began with a grim atmosphere as the novel coronavirus took over the world, sending billions of people around the globe in a lockdown. The situation became worse as the year progressed and the world lost millions to the deadly virus.

Study claims COVID-19 immunity lasts at least six months; WHO signals hope

The manufacturers of Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine have said that it produced fewer side effects in people aged 56 and over in phase 2 trial results. Watch: The manufacturers said the vaccine was undergoing comprehensive phase 3 trials to confirm the results.

Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine safe for older adults, results show

As US pharma giant Pfizer announced that its coronavirus vaccine is 95 per cent effective, the Indian government said that it is a "big challenge" to arrange the cold-chain storage needed to store the COVID-19 vaccine.

Indian government 'watching' Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine development, set to work out strategy to acquire it