German firm BioNTech warned Tuesday
there is no data backing the "safety and efficacy" of delaying the second shot
of its Covid-19 vaccine beyond three weeks, as some countries push back the jab to give more people their first dose.
Germany eagerly awaited the roll-out of a coronavirus vaccine - but since it arrived 10 days ago many say it's been off to a slow start. Will it be a speedier process to get a jab in January?
German firm BioNTech said Friday it was racing to ramp up production of its Covid-19 jab in Europe, to fill the 'gap' left by the lack of other approved vaccines.
Eight care home workers in Germany were
accidentally injected with five doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, local
authorities said Monday -- but are suffering no serious ill effects so far.
A young German pilot said Sunday he
traced a giant syringe in the sky as a way of marking the start of Germany's
roll out of vaccines against the coronavirus.
A 101-year-old woman in an elderly care home became the first person in Germany to be inoculated against coronavirus on Saturday, a day before the official vaccination campaign was scheduled to get underway in both Germany and the EU.
The first doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine have now been delivered to all of Germany's 16 states, the country's DPA news agency has reported, ahead of the first vaccinations on Sunday
It was over breakfast on the wintry morning of January 24 that Ozlem Tureci and her husband Ugur Sahin decided, "we need to fire the starting gun on this".
The founder of the German company behind the first vaccine to receive authorization in Europe said on Monday he was confident that his jab would also work against the new mutation of the virus that was detected in the UK.
The EU Commission gave the green light on Monday to the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for use across the European Union. It comes after the European Medicines Agency also gave its approval.
Coronavirus vaccinations are set to begin on December 27th. Germany's plan shows which groups of people will get it first. Here's what you need to know.
The battle against Covid-19 has delivered not just a vaccine at record speed but also a spike in demand for the billions of syringes needed to administer it.
There's a good reason why the Tübingen biotech firm is a bit behind in the Covid-19 vaccine place. Here's how it could help them - and those seeking to get vaccinated - later.
Germany is pressuring EU authorities to speed up the approval of a coronavirus vaccine as it battles a surge in infections and Britain and the US begin mass inoculations, reports said.
As Germany gears up to inoculate its population
against the coronavirus, ethics experts have been given a prominent say over
who goes first in a country still scarred by memories of the Nazi or communist
dictatorships deciding who gets to live or die.
At first sight, they look like
regular containers. But the rectangular boxes made by German company Va-Q-Tec
will in fact play a key role in keeping life-saving Covid-19 vaccines ultra
cool as they are shipped across the world.
As a string of Covid-19 vaccines near approval, Frankfurt Airport staff are gearing up to handle the
unprecedented logistical challenge of transporting millions of life-saving doses worldwide.
