WHO grants emergency use approval for Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine

Pfizer and BioNTech to offer COVID vaccine to volunteers who got placebo

Pfizer Inc and its partner BioNTech Se plan to give volunteers who received a placebo in its COVID-19 vaccine trial an option to receive a first dose of the vaccine by March 1, 2021, while staying within the study. Read More

WHO issues emergency use validation for the Pfizer vaccines and emphasizes need for equitable global access

The World Health Organization (WHO) listed the Comirnaty COVID-19 mRNA vaccine for emergency use, making the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine the first to receive emergency validation from WHO since the outbreak began a year ago.

Hundreds of Israelis get infected with Covid-19 after receiving Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine – reports

With the vaccine not providing immediate immunity to the coronavirus, over two hundred Israeli citizens have been diagnosed with the disease days after getting the Pfizer/BioNTech jabs, local media reported.

There’s ‘no data’ to show single dose of vaccine protects after 21 days, Pfizer says

Music producer Emilio Estefan, 67, gives the thumbs-up while he receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, in Miami. | APPfizer says the the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine can really only protect you for 21 days.The COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer might only protect people for 21 days without a second dose, Pfizer said in a statement to Axios.What’s going on?Pfizer said its COVID-19 vac…

WHO Approves Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine For Emergency Use

The approval is part of a global effort to ensure coronavirus shots do not go only to wealthy nations.

WHO approves Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in breakthrough for developing nations

(CNN) — The World Health Organization has approved the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for emergency use, paving the way for lower and middle-income countries to begin immunizing their populations against Covid-19.The vaccine was first approved in the UK on December 8 for emergency use within the country, with the US, Canada and European Union following soon after. All have begun their own vaccination drives.But the green light from the World Health Org…