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The EU formally approves the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine after it was given the greenlight as safe by the European Medicines Agency, the bloc's regulator. SOUNDBITE
The Head of EMA Communication Department Marie-Agnes Heine announces that the Human Medicines Committee has "recommended a conditionnal marketing authorisation for the first Covid-19 vaccine for the EU market". SOUNDBITE
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
Around 20 bodies have been found at a South Korean lithium battery factory after a massive blaze, the Yonhap news agency says, with firefighters still searching the building. According to one firefighter, over 100 people were working in the factory when workers heard a series of explosions from the second floor, where lithium-ion batteries are inspected and packaged. 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
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