India's Serum Institute announces that it will halve the production of its COVID-19 vaccine because it has no new orders for the vaccine. 2021-12-8
Indian drug regulator approves the emergency use of the Bharat Biotech Covaxin vaccine for children aged between 2 to 18. 2021-10-12
The Vietnamese health ministry announces that Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Bình Dương, Dong Nai and Long An provinces must vaccinate all of their adult residents with at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by September 15. 2021-09-5
The U.S. CDC announces that 60% of Americans have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. 2021-08-9
Haiti receives 500,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, its first since the start of the pandemic. 2021-07-14
British Athletics cancels its annual indoor championships that were set to begin in Glasgow in February due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021-01-22
Turkmenistan registers the Sputnik V vaccine despite having no confirmed cases in the country, according to the Russian Direct Investment Fund. It becomes the first country in Central Asia to approve a Russian-made vaccine. 2021-01-18
Vice President Mike Pence, Second Lady Karen Pence, Surgeon General Jerome Adams, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine today. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, who recovered from COVID-19 in October, say that they will receive their vaccines "at the appropriate time". 2020-12-18
The United States government is expected to pay $2.1 billion to Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline to try to develop and deliver 100 million doses of their potential COVID-19 vaccine. 2020-07-31