Tag: Pfizer vaccine

• Thursday, December 17th 2020 - 10:32 UTC

  Chile approved the use of Pfizer vaccines; first batch expected this month

  

  The Chilean health regulator has approved for emergency use the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE, paving the way for the first doses to be administered as early as Christmas to citizens over the age of 16.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2020 - 15:20 UTC

  In live stream at several US cities, vaccination started, “healing is coming”

  

  New York City intensive care unit nurse on Monday became the first person in the United States to receive a coronavirus vaccine, calling it a sign that “healing is coming,” as the nation’s COVID-19 death toll crossed a staggering 300,000 lives lost.

• Sunday, December 6th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  US companies rushing to organize an ultra-freeze storage chain for the Covid 19 Pfizer and Moderna vaccines

  

  With the imminent arrival of coronavirus vaccines that will need to be stored at ultra-low temperatures, US companies are gearing up for a massive logistical effort to aid their distribution.

• Sunday, December 6th 2020 - 08:35 UTC

  WHO warns that vaccines do not mean the pandemic has come to an end

  

  Recent progress on Covid 19 vaccines is positive but the World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned this has led to a growing perception that the pandemic has come to an end, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday.

• Sunday, December 6th 2020 - 08:05 UTC

  Britain receives the Pfizer vaccine from Belgium and Monday begins inoculation

  

  Pfizer plans to ship 800,000 doses to Britain in the coming days from its production plant in Puurs in Belgium. Britain on Wednesday gave emergency use authorization for the Pfizer vaccine, becoming the first Western country to pave the way for mass inoculations against a disease that has killed more than 1.4 million people worldwide.

• Tuesday, November 10th 2020 - 09:39 UTC

  US markets react strongly to president-elect Biden's announcement and Pfizer vaccines results

  

  The S&P 500 ended higher but closed just shy of a record on Monday as investors bet that a full economic reopening was finally in sight following the first positive data from a late-stage Covid-19 vaccine trial.