coronavirus vaccine

First volunteers in early-stage trial were given their first injections on Wednesday, says Pfizer spokesperson

Both Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna use messenger RNA (mRNA) to send genetic instructions to the human body's cells

Earlier, the Chinese vaccine was being administered to people up to the age of 60 years

Information minister praises Prime Minister Imran Khan's Covid-19 strategy

Mutants have a diminishing effect on the efficacy of the vaccines, confirms Dr Anthony Fauci

Antibody vaccines for treating Covid-19 are less effective against some of the new variants of coronavirus

Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech SE is likely to protect against the more infectious variant of the virus

This is the challenge we must rise to in the New Year, says Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general

Strain is said to be up to 70% more transmissible than the previously dominant strain in UK

DRAP will monitor entire process from import to sale of vaccine to ensure transparency, says parliamentary secretary