Sources: BBC
A Food and Drug Administration official says that a vaccine for children under the age of 12 years is expected to be approved by midwinter. 2021-07-15
British Columbia Premier John Horgan receives his first dose of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine. 2021-04-16
GlaxoSmithKline and the German biotech firm CureVac sign an agreement worth 150 million euros ($180.7 million) to develop a vaccine to counter many variants of SARS-CoV-2. The vaccine, which is subject to regulatory approval, is expected to be introduced in 2022. 2021-02-3
Vietnam agrees to buy 30 million doses of AstraZeneca's vaccine. 2021-01-4
The United Kingdom's National Health Service begins a mass vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using the BNT162b2 vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer. Seniors over the age of 80 and certain healthcare workers will be among the first to receive the vaccine. 2020-12-8
The European Union announces that it will sign a contract to receive 160 million vaccine doses from Moderna. 2020-11-24
The Brazilian state of Bahia is expected to conduct phase III trails of Russia's Gam-COVID-Vac vaccine and buy 50 million doses. 2020-09-11
At least 25 people are killed and 48 are arrested by the Philippine National Police Manila Police District in consecutive anti-drug operations in Manila within 24 hours. 2017-08-17
Billy Kenoi, the mayor of Hawaii's Big Island, declares a state of emergency to deal with the growing outbreak of dengue fever, which is spread by infected mosquitoes. 2016-02-8
Three suspected robbers are killed in a shoot-out in Davao City, Philippines, and one suspected robber is returned to Manila to be imprisoned. 2013-07-11