Italy on Saturday became the European country with the highest pandemic toll, its new total of 64,036 deaths overtaking Britain, according to an AFP tally.
The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine will reach hospitals and other sites across the United States by Monday morning, a top official said Saturday, ready to be injected into the arms of millions of the most vulnerable Americans.
Peru has temporarily suspended clinical trials of a Covid vaccine made by Chinese drug giant Sinopharm after detecting neurological problems in one of its test volunteers.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said on Thursday it had pledged $250 million??in additional funding towards the global campaign to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech say that hackers have illegally accessed coronavirus vaccine data at the European Union's drug- regulating body.
