On Monday BioNTech issued a statement saying it plans on setting up a regional headquarters in Singapore where it will also build its new manufacturing site for vaccines based on messenger RNA technology (mRNA). The development sees the company expanding… Read More ›
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Slovakia, Hungary start vaccinating against COVID-19
Slovakia has started vaccinating its population against the coronavirus-induced COVID-19 disease on Saturday, following a joined coordinated push by the European Union against the global pandemic. Vladimir Krcmery, a member of the government’s Pandemic Commission, was the first person in… Read More ›
Dubai begins inoculating citizens with Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
Dubai will begin inoculating people with the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from Wednesday, said the emirate’s government in a statement. The development marks Dubai joining Saudi Arabia, which was the first Arab country to begin inoculating people with the… Read More ›
Canada to commence inoculation of of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine today
The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines has arrived in Canada said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Canadians are likely to roll up their sleeves to take a shot as early as later today. “The first batch of doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s… Read More ›
Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport gears up chilled warehouses for COVID19 vaccine storage, transportation
In a significant development, Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport stated, its workers are gearing up for a surge in the storing of COVID-19 vaccine cargos, which will be flown around the world at ultra-low temperatures. To that end, it has prepared its… Read More ›
EU secures hundreds of millions of Pfizer-BioNTech and CureVac COVID19 vaccine doses
According to an EU official involved in the negotiations to secure COVID-19 vaccines for the bloc, the European Union could potentially pay more than $10 billion to secure hundreds of millions of doses of vaccine candidates developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and… Read More ›