The European Union restricts the validity of the EU Digital COVID certificate to only nine months after having received their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. 2022-02-1
Sarawak becomes the first state in Malaysia to offering a third and booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccines using the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine for high-risk individuals who had received their second dose of that vaccine at least six months ago. 2021-10-13
Malaysia receives its first shipment of 268,800 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine distributed through the COVAX initiative. 2021-04-24
The Ministry of Health restricts the use of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine to people over 60 years old following a report of a "possible link" with very rare blood clotting. 2021-04-7
Venezuela receives more than 115,000 doses of the EpiVacCorona vaccine as part of trials of the Russian vaccine candidate. 2021-03-30
Lebanon suspends the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine pending a review from the international health agencies following fears of blood clots in vaccinated people. 2021-03-17
Iraq receives 50,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccines donated by China as the country officially begins its vaccination campaign. 2021-03-2
U.S. President Joe Biden announces that Merck & Co. will produce single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine to help his administration goal for vaccinating every adult by the end of May. 2021-03-2
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches the world's largest vaccination programme against COVID-19 in India, which plans to vaccinate more than 1.3 billion people. A sanitation worker is the first person to receive the vaccine. 2021-01-16
Mexico announces that it will pay $159.88 million to the World Health Organization to secure vaccine access through the agency’s COVAX plan. 2020-10-10