On Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration says it authorised the use of Pfizer Inc's Covid-19 vaccine on Friday. Healthcare workers and elderly people in long-term care facilities are expected to be the main recipients of a first round of 2.9 million doses. Mexico and Bahrain have also approved the Pfizer vaccine. "The United States is the first nation in the world to produce a verifiably safe and effective vaccine. The United States has agreed to buy 200 million doses of Moderna's two-dose vaccine.

Source: News 24 December 12, 2020 11:15 UTC