New York Governor Kathy Hochul announces that 80% of adults in the state has received a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. 2021-09-4
Medsafe grants a provisional approval for the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine for children between the ages of 12 and 15. 2021-06-21
Saudi Arabia bans foreign travellers for the second consecutive year for the Hajj pilgrimage, only allowing a maximum of 60,000 citizens and residents between the ages of 18 and 65 who have been vaccinated and are free of chronic diseases to take part in it. 2021-06-12
Slovakia suspends the use of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine for people that received the first dose after the State Institute for Drug Control ruled that the death of a 47-year-old woman was likely connected to the jab. 2021-05-11
The National Immunisation Advisory Committee recommends that the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine should only be given to people over 60 years old following concerns about rare blood clots. 2021-04-12
Pakistan approves the emergency use of China's CanSinoBio vaccine, becoming the fourth vaccine to be approved in the country. 2021-02-12
Swissmedic grants authorization for use of the Moderna vaccine in Switzerland, making it the second COVID-19 vaccine to be approved in the country. 2021-01-12
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh receive their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. 2021-01-9
Bahrain grants emergency use approval for a vaccine candidate produced in a partnership between Sinopharm and Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence and cloud computing company Group 42 on frontline workers. 2020-11-3
Scientists from Imperial College London say that a vaccine could be tested soon. 2020-03-14