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Trucks transporting the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine leave the factory in Puurs, Belgium, escorted by police, to be distributed in Europe. IMAGES
Images outside of Pfizer's factory in Puurs after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approves the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. IMAGES
A medical panel of US government advisors votes to recommend authorizing the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for five-to-11-year-olds, paving the way for younger children to get their shots within weeks. Seventeen of the independent experts convened by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted in favor and one abstained. IMAGES
The European Union has exported "over one billion" doses of Covid-19 vaccines in the past 10 months, according to the bloc's chief Ursula von der Leyen. SOUNDBITE
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says that Brussels is ready to discuss a US-backed proposal to waive patents on Covid-19 vaccines. SOUNDBITE