Dec 2, 2020

U.K. will start rolling out a COVID-19 vaccine next week

Britain's medicines regulator has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use. Peter Summers/Getty Images

Britain is the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for widespread, emergency use. And, can another aid conference help revive Lebanon's economy, despite the country's political deadlock?

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Fast-Track Vaccines

U.K. is first to green light Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

by Victoria Craig

Dec 2, 2020

Fifty U.K. hospitals are on standby to administer vaccine shots, which will be available by next week.

U.K. regulators were the first in the world to approve the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech for widespread use.

Vincent Kalut/Photonews via Getty Images

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