• The approval paves the way for its rollout in the world's second worst affected country.
• Britain and Argentina have already authorised the vaccine for urgent public use.

• The committees have been formed on the directions of the National Vaccine Task Force.
• They will be responsible to ensure the availability of the vaccines in their respective districts of the province.

• “I have presented myself for the vaccine trial as secretary health,” says Dr Kazim Jatoi.
• Several prominent public figures including Punjab Governor Chaudhry Sarwar and his wife have volunteered to be vaccinated in clinical trials of a Chinese vaccine being conducted in the country.

• The target is to deploy these vaccines within first quarter of 2021, says Asad Umar.
• He says, "what remains now is for DRAP to approve a vaccine."

• He was among the first in the country to be vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine shot.
• Officials said that the Swiss drugs regulator Swissmedic was reviewing the case.

• "It is truly fantastic news - and a triumph for British science," Boris Johnson tweeted.
• The UK has ordered 100 million doses, enough to vaccinate 50 million people.

• Unlike most other COVID-19 vaccines, which are given as two shots of the same product, the Russian Sputnik V vaccine relies on two doses delivered using different inactive viruses.
• The Gamaleya Institute said last week 650,000 doses had been released for Russia's domestic vaccination programme so far.

• Progress on the coronavirus vaccine rollout helped sentiment but concerns over the emergence of new strains, said to be more infectious, made for caution.

• Spain is scheduled to received 350,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine per week over the next three months.

• The company has contacted the Drug Regulatory Authority Pakistan (DRAP) and expressed its desire for clinical trials of COVID-19 in Pakistan.
• The clinical trials of the vaccine would be carried out in collaboration with a local pharma company, stated in the letter

• The vaccine also triggered moderate cell-based immune responses, a crucial part of the human immune system that works differently from antibodies.

• Shares of Wipro Ltd rose as much as 3.65%, after the IT services provider on Tuesday signed a $700 million deal with METRO AG to manage METRO AG's units in Germany and Romania.

The petitioner claimed that pigs and monkeys DNAs have been added to the vaccine. Khokar’s legal representative argued that if they get vaccinated then a chip will be attached to their bodies and the foreign countries will be able to monitor our movement through artificial intelligence.

• He received his first dose of the Pfizer Inc COVID-19 vaccine on Monday

• After the moderate consolidation on Dec. 18, gold could have accumulated enough bullish momentum to rise towards $1,930.

• A panel of outside FDA advisers met to discuss Moderna's vaccine on Thursday and an agency decision on its emergency use authorization was expected as soon as Friday.

• ANZ Research said with US COVID-19 infections hitting new daily records, and restrictions tightening in Japan, pressure is growing on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Russia and their allies, together called OPEC+.

• US Congressional Republicans and Democrats scrambled to pass a new round of coronavirus aid on Thursday with lawmakers from both parties saying that failure to agree was no longer an option.

• At least two trays of COVID-19 vaccine doses delivered in California needed to be replaced after their storage temperatures dipped below minus 80 Celsius
• Officials are investigating whether storing the vaccines at excessively cold temperatures poses a safety or efficacy risk

• Appearing with Buttigieg in Wilmington, Delaware, Biden said the 38-year-old would confront the task of restoring what he called "our crumbling roads, bridges and ports." Biden has proposed a massive boost in infrastructure spending.

• COVAX programme is the main global scheme to vaccinate people in poor and middle income countries around the world against the coronavirus.
• “The risk of a failure to establish a successful COVAX Facility is very high,” says an internal report to the board of Gavi.

• “That number will increase as we have operationalised hundreds of PCN (primary care networks),” he said.
• Vaccines developed by Pfizer and BioNTech are being used to treat coronavirus in UK.

• Around 5000 Chinese workers of CZEC and COECG are stationed in Karachi.
• The companies will make all arrangements for their workers vaccination and they will be administered Sinovac vaccine made in China, further in the letter.

• Under the terms of the agreement, Reig Jofre said it will be responsible for the formulation, filling and packaging of the vaccine, while Janssen will handle distribution.
• Shares in the Spanish group surged 17% in early trade to 4.41 euros ($5.35) a share.

• US top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci told MSNBC on Monday that Americans with no heightened risk factors could expect to get vaccinated by late March or early April.

• Dr Atta explained that dispensing the vaccine will be a lengthy procedure because of Pakistan's population.
• The federal cabinet approved a grant of $150 million to procure the virus vaccine.

• He said the United States hopes to have about 40 million doses of vaccine distributed by the end of December.

• The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed with modest declines on Friday, while the US Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency use authorization for the Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine.

• Next week, the state Institute of Public Health will review data on the performance of the vaccine, which is also expected to be used in the United States.