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Added on the 08/12/2020 09:22:25 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
As the UK becomes the first country to roll-out the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, 90-year-old Margaret Keenan becomes the first person to receive a dose, receiving the vaccination at a hospital in Coventry. IMAGES
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
New Delhi residents receive a Covid-19 vaccine dose in a vaccination centre as India administered its billionth jab on Thursday, half a year after a devastating surge in cases brought the health system close to collapse. IMAGES
People are vaccinated at a drive-through center at the Bonilla Stadium, in the Miraflores district of Lima, as Latin America's Covid-19 death toll is set to hit 1 million. IMAGES