Nicaragua authorizes the Cuban Abdala and Soberana COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use. 2021-10-2
The Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare signs a deal with Biological E. Limited to buy 300 million doses of their locally-made COVID-19 vaccine, which is currently in phase III clinical trials. 2021-06-3
King Felipe VI receives his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. 2021-05-30
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
Saudi Arabia's Food and Drug Authority approves the use of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine. 2021-02-18
Morocco receives their second shipment of four million doses of AstraZeneca's vaccine from India. 2021-02-11
South Africa suspends its rollout of the Oxford-AstraZenenca vaccine after research finds that the vaccine is less effective against the 501.V2 variant discovered in the country. 2021-02-7
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announces the extermination of the country's minks (around 15 million) after a mutated version of the coronavirus spreads to humans, reasoning mutations pose a risk to the efficacy of future COVID-19 vaccines. 2020-11-4
AstraZeneca begins Phase III clinical trials of its potential COVID-19 vaccine, AZD1222, which it developed with the University of Oxford, to some 30,000 adults in the United States. 2020-08-31