ASEAN HEADLINES: COVID-19 PANDEMIC-THE VACCINE-CURE: U.K.- Pfizer-BioNtech Vaccine: UK first nation to okay its use

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 Contributor 0 Comment ASEAN HEADLINES:, COVID-19 PANDEMIC-THE VACCINE-CURE: U.K.- Pfizer-BioNtech Vaccine: UK first nation to okay its use

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wearing a hair net and face covering, poses for a photograph with a vial as he views the last minute quality testing of the ‘fill and finish’ stage of the manufacturing process of COVID-19 vaccines, during his visit to Wockhardt’s pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Wrexham, north Wales, on November 30, 2020. – Britain’s Government in August announced a deal with global pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Wockhardt, to increase capacity in a crucial part of the manufacturing process for Covid-19 vaccines. Britain has been Europe’s worst-hit country during the pandemic, recording more than 57,000 deaths from some 1.6 million cases. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / various sources / AFP)

FIRST IN THE WORLD. Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wearing a hair net and face covering, poses for a photograph with a vial of a coronavirus vaccine made at Wockhardt’s pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Wrexham, north Wales, on Nov. 30. It is not the same as the vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech (inset), but with Johnson’s approval Britain on Wednesday became the first Western country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine for general use. Britain has been Europe’s worst-hit country during the pandemic, recording more than 57,000 deaths from some 1.6 million cases. AFP