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Pfizer ends its Covid-19 vaccine trial with a 95% success rate
The vaccine’s efficacy rate, the highest of any candidate in late-stage clinical trials so far
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Moderna says its vaccine is 94.5% effective in preventing Covid-19
We are going to have a vaccine that can stop Covid-19, says Moderna president
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Shutdown time
Despite a vaccine on the way, the rates of infection from coronavirus rise in Pakistan
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Misinformation could prompt people to turn against Covid-19 vaccines: study
The study comes as one of the major vaccine efforts showed promising results this week
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Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine 'very promising' but cold chain issues: WHO
The vaccine needs to be stored at minus 70 degrees Celsius (-94 F) or below - equivalent to an Antarctic winter
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How Pfizer vaccine could be cold comfort for some Asian nations
The world cheered on Monday when Pfizer Inc announced its shot was more than 90% effective based on initial trial
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Brazil halts trials of Chinese Covid-19 vaccine
Trials of CoronaVac vaccine halted after a serious adverse incident involving a volunteer recipient on October 29
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Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine news delivers hope around the globe
Vaccine approval process must be guided by science so public can have confidence it is safe and effective, says Biden
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EU to sign shortly supply deal for Pfizer Covid vaccine
The remark was made hours after the two companies said their experimental vaccine was more than 90% effective
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Global stocks hit record highs, crude prices jump, on vaccine progress
Analyst term it game-changer, begin to see reversal of trends caused by pandemic
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Factbox: Development of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine
The price tag amounts to $39 for what is likely to be a two-dose course of treatment
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Australia orders more Covid-19 vaccines for total of 135 million doses
As the country aims to complete a mass inoculation programme within months
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Denmark to cull entire mink herd amid mutation fears for coronavirus vaccine
Authorities have registered five cases of the new strain on mink farms and 12 cases in humans
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Nobel laureate calls for global vaccine consortium
Venki Ramakrishnan says that Covid-19 pandemic brought requirement for international collaboration into sharp focus
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Under pressure, WHO plans Covid-19 vaccine insurance scheme for poor nations
The scheme could foot the bill for 92 low-income countries, mostly in Africa and South-East Asia
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Next crop of Covid-19 vaccine developers take more traditional route
Given the sheer size of global need it will take several different vaccines to fight the Covid-19 pandemic
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US disease expert Fauci says vaccine verdict due by early December
Says we will know whether a vaccine is safe and effective by the end of November, the beginning of December
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Vaccine hopes drive stocks higher
Vaccine hopes drive stocks higher
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Kids may not be recommended for Covid-19 vaccination initially, US CDC says
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says so far early clinical trials have only included non-pregnant adults
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YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
YouTube says it removed over 200,000 videos related to dangerous or misleading Covid-19 information since February
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World Bank approves $12 bln for Covid-19 vaccines
Part of an overall WBG package of up to $160 billion designed to help developing countries battle the coronavirus
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Facebook will ban ads discouraging people from getting vaccines
The new policy will be enforced in the next few days
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As globe gallops into vaccine trials, insurers remain unfazed
More than 40 experimental Covid-19 vaccines are being tested on humans
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China joins deal to get Covid-19 vaccine to poorer nations
The deal gives China a prominent role in the global effort against the pandemic
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Covid-19 drug trials begin — but no one qualified to approve treatment
Experts point out DRAP is merely a registration authority
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UN needs 'immediate infusion' of $15 bn for global vaccine fund
As the ACT-Accelerator receives around $3 billion of the $38 billion needed for production and distribution of vaccine
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China says WHO gave blessing for coronavirus vaccine emergency use programme
Hundreds of thousands essential workers and other limited groups considered at high risk have been given the vaccine
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New York state plans to reexamine vaccines approved by Trump administration
As Governor Cuomo expresses concerns that the vetting process is overly politicised
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Novavax enters late-stage clinical trials
Becomes the eleventh Covid-19 vaccine candidate to reach the Phase 3 stage globally
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Covid-19 vaccine verdicts loom as next big market risk
More than a half-dozen vaccines globally are in late-stage trials
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Phase III trials for Chinese company Cansinobio's COVID-19 vaccine launched: NCOC
States schools to open on previously decided schedule
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Pakistan has ‘potential to develop vaccines’
Experts believe second wave of coronavirus pandemic will not be severe in Pakistan
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China says has seen positive results in China-UAE phase 3 Covid-19 vaccine trials
As UAE grants emergency approval for use of a coronavirus vaccine
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Trump says coronavirus vaccine could be weeks away: ABC News town hall
United States had a number of cases because it did more testing than other countries says Trump
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Germany won't take risky short-cuts on Covid-19 vaccines - minister
Does not expect that a vaccine will be broadly available until the middle of 2021, Research Minister Anja Karliczek
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SAPM on health says Covid vaccine coming
Health officials agree on effective decision-making
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Clinical trials of proposed vaccine from next week
Dr Rahman said usually it takes two to three months to complete clinical trials of any vaccine
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Oxford Covid-19 vaccine halted, trial ongoing in India
India was not informed about AstraZeneca pausing clinical trials of Oxford vaccine for Covid-19 in other countries
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Widespread Covid-19 vaccinations not expected until mid-2021, WHO says
Stresses the importance of rigorous checks on their effectiveness and safety
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Three-year-old falls prey to polio virus in Balochistan
The fresh case recorded from Pishin district has raised provincial tally of polio cases to 17
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New reckoning for WHO vaccine plan as governments go it alone
Nations ignore UN body’s warnings that “vaccine nationalism” will squeeze supplies
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172 countries now signed up for WHO vaccine portfolio
WHO director-general says 9 vaccines are in its portfolio to ensure maximum access to Covid-19 vaccine
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China approves human testing for coronavirus vaccine grown in insect cells
China is in a global race to develop cost-effective vaccines to curb the Covid-19 pandemic
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Covid-19 vaccine to seek regulatory review in October
Vaccine candidate under development by Pfizer, BioNTech on track to seek regulatory review
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WHO chief hopes coronavirus pandemic will last less than two years
Tedros says with more connectiveness, the virus has a better chance of spreading fast
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New Chinese viral encephalitis vaccine shows dual protection
Tests suggest vaccine can protect against two lethal mosquito-borne diseases with just one dose
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Coronavirus vaccine should be mandatory in Australia: PM
Scott Morrison says, as soon as we get the recipe we'll be making it
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German institute says coronavirus vaccinations could start in early 2021
More than half a dozen drugmakers around the world are conducting advanced clinical trials
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Pakistan green-lights Phase III trials for Covid vaccine
This will be first clinical trial of any vaccine in country
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Britain encourages at-risk groups to sign up for Covid-19 vaccine trials
With over 100,000 volunteers so far no vaccine candidate has yet been proven effective against the disease