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90-year-old grandmother Margaret Keenan has become the first person in the world to receive the officially-licenced Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, at a hospital in Coventry. IMAGES of Margaret filmed the day before her vaccination
Images outside the Pfizer factory in Puurs, Belgium, where Covid-19 vaccines are being produced for the UK. Britain's independent medicines regulator gave a green light to the BioNTech-Pfizer drug in double-quick time but insisted safety had come first. With over 59,000 deaths from 1.6 million cases, the country's outbreak remains the deadliest in Europe. IMAGES from outside the Pfizer factory
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
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has set a target of vaccinating 15 million of the most vulnerable by mid-February, announces that more than 10 million people have received a first dose of a vaccine against Covid-19 in Britain, calling the figure a "milestone". SOUNDBITE
The World Health Organization announces a deal for up to 40 million initial doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for poorer countries, through Covax global pool. SOUNDBITE