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Who CoVID-19
about coviD-19 By Isa melo - editor-in-Chief 15

vaccine

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Amo n th s
of research and trials,
the process of distribution of
one of the CoVID-19 vaccines has
already started in some countries.

The United Kingdom was the first country
to give emergency authorization to the
Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine — the first
vaccine approved for distribution — and
on December 8 has begun its national
vaccination plan.

the second country to grant emergency
authorization to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
was Bahrain. the government of Canada,
was the first country to give full approval
of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine starting its
national vaccination plan as of December
15 with a task force of three phases.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
has also granted vaccine emergency
authorization to the United States. Who is
working with many countries to ensure that
the vaccine process happens safely and
effectively.

Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/
interactive/2020/science/coronavirus-vaccine-
tracker.html Photo by freepik