On the day Britain s vaccine tsar announced the deal securing 40 million doses of the Pfizer jab, her Brussels opposite number was literally talking about the price of fish.
It was July 20, and while Kate Bingham was giving the UK a stunning head-start, Stella Kyriakides, the European commissioner in charge of the bloc s inoculation plan, was embroiled in an intractable meeting of the EU s Agriculture and Fisheries Council.
A further four months would elapse before the EU managed to place its own order with Pfizer.
Success has many fathers, and Ministers and scientists are jostling to receive the plaudits for the UK s nimble, world-beating strategy.
Para especialista, vacina contra a covid-19 em um ano é façanha científica
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Así nos protegen del coronavirus las principales vacunas desarrolladas
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Dans la guerre des vaccins, «la santé publique n entre pas en ligne de compte»
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COVID-19 Vaccination for People Living With HIV: What Do We Know So Far?
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Shipments of the first COVID-19 vaccine began moving across the U.S. on Dec. 13, less than 48 hours after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency authorization for its use. By Dec. 14, a select group of Americans had begun receiving it. The first vaccine doses are reserved for two prioritized groups: 1) staff and residents of long-term care facilities and 2) health care workers likely to be exposed to the virus.
Beyond sighs of relief and joy at the remarkable feat of creating what appears to be a highly effective coronavirus vaccine within a year of the start of the pandemic, the emergency authorization of two COVID-19 vaccines this month one from Pfizer-BioNTech and one from Moderna has many people living with HIV (PLWH) asking where they might fall in the inoculation queue and whether the vaccine is safe for them to receive.