Advisory Panel Recommends Approval of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine in U.S.

The U.S. military began inoculating American troops based overseas this week, focusing on military and civilian health care workers, first responders and command teams. Troops based in Japan, South Korea and Europe were among the first to receive the vaccine amid rising cases of the coronavirus around the world.

The arrival of two coronavirus vaccines authorized by the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use this month has prompted fierce debate about who ought to be immunized first. The latest guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices put health care workers and older Americans living in nursing homes at the head of the line.

President-elect Joe Biden on Monday received his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on live television as part of a growing effort to convince the American public the inoculations are safe. The president-elect took a dose of Pfizer vaccine at a hospital not far from his Delaware home, hours after his wife, Jill Biden, did the same.

Donald Trump to be signed into law, with his approval expected in the coming days.The bill establishes 11 additional weeks of compensation for unemployed Americans, temporarily adding $300 per week to the amount received through unemployment programs. It will also issue a one-time direct payment of $600 to Americans making less than $75,000 per year, including dependents.

The legislation was introduced by Senators John Cornyn of Texas and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota in June. According to a press release at the time, it offers six months of financial support to “keep venues afloat, pay employees, and preserve a critical economic sector for communities across America.”It would see venues provided grants for either 45 per cent of their operation costs from the previous year, or $12million (£8.9million) in total, whichever is the lesser amount.

President-elect Joe Biden will receive his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on live television as part of a growing effort to convince the American public the inoculations are safe. Monday’s event will come the same day that a second vaccine, produced by Moderna, will start arriving in states, joining Pfizer’s in the nation’s arsenal against the COVID-19 pandemic, which has now killed more than 317,000 people in the United States and upended life around the globe.

The European Medicines Agency recommended conditional approval Monday for a coronavirus vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer to be used across the European Union, weeks after the shot was first authorized in Britain and the United States. Following a closed-door expert meeting, the EU drug regulator said it was recommending the shot be given to people over 16 years of age.

Rep.-elect Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said Monday that "Congress shouldn't be putting themselves first in line for the COVID-19 vaccination" as many of her soon-to-be colleagues are being vaccinated following the examples of both House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

The opener of Saturday Night Live spoofed the televised moment when Vice President Mike Pence (Beck Bennett) received a Covid-19 vaccine.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be getting their first doses of the coronavirus vaccine very soon.

Now that a COVID-19 vaccine is available, it’s only a matter of time until our timelines are filled of photos of people vaccinating themselves—stars included. The celebrities who have received the COVID-19 vaccine so far include Sir Ian McKellen and more stars to come.

direct to your inboxTens of thousands of people have now been given a coronavirus vaccine in the UK.The nationwide roll-out began 10 days ago after the Pfizer/BioNTech jab became the first Covid-19 vaccine to get UK approval from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).Donald Trump has now announced that another vaccine - from US firm Moderna - is ready to use in America.Initial data shows it is nearly 95 per cent effective in protecting against Covid-19.But has the

President-elect Joe Biden will reportedly receive the Coronavirus vaccine as soon as next week.

A day after pledging to taking the coronavirus vaccine in public, Joe Biden today sought to assure the public that the injections are truly good for them and help is coming from the federal government.

It’s been a turbulent year for Lily James but it looks like she’s lined up her next role, and it’s definitely not the one we expected.

Prue Leith, one of the judges from The Great British Bakeoff, is one of the first group of people to be vaccinated against COVID-19!