European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday called on coronavirus vaccine makers to deliver on their pledges to supply millions of doses to the bloc, and beyond. Her comments come amid an unprecedented challenge for the EU when it comes to the rollout of vaccines to each of the 27 member states. The […] Read more
Europe’s medicines regulator on Monday authorized Pfizer and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for conditional use, opening the door to an inoculation program across the European Union. The news comes less than two weeks after the American and German-developed vaccine was approved for use in the U.K. and U.S. Europe is on track to start vaccinations within a week, regulators said, […] Read more
Russia has effectively been working on its coronavirus vaccine for the past six years, according to the head of the country’s sovereign wealth fund, with a rollout expected before the end of the year. On Tuesday, Russia announced that it had registered a coronavirus vaccine, making it the first country to do so. There are doubts […] Read more
No one’s sure yet, but the target is sometime in early 2021. Vaccines in development around the world are in various stages of testing. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said he’s confident one of the vaccine candidates will be proven safe and effective by the first quarter […] Read more
