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People aged over 65 as well as those with chronic ailments or at a high risk of infection will receive the vaccine in the first stage, and those aged over 50 in the second.

Health officials had feared the US Thanksgiving holiday in late November would lead to a fresh outbreak of the novel coronavirus after millions of Americans traveled to join friends and family.

The findings, published in the journal The BMJ, suggest that the operational challenges of the global Covid-19 vaccination programme will be at least as difficult as the scientific challenges associated with their development.

In the past week, the US, the worst-hit nation, has reported an average of more than 215,000 new infections a day.

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The ministry opened registration for the vaccination campaign through an online application called "Sehaty", and said the vaccine would be "free for all citizens and residents".

Pinarayi Vijayan had on Saturday said COVID-19 vaccine will be made available free of cost to all people in Kerala.

Rao says she is still at a "brainstorming and observing" phase but is looking at the whole idea of vaccine distribution and how widespread it needs to be.

Gates said that access to the vaccine should be based on medical need, not wealth at all.

The US has the world's highest death toll of more than 299,000, and the largest number of cases, at 16.2 million -- including more than 1.5 million new cases in just the past week.

Stressing the vaccine had a "strong safety profile", biotech firm CSL said: "The potential for this cross-reaction had been anticipated prior to the commencement of the trial".

Bahrain plans to inoculate everyone 18 years and older in the kingdom at 27 different medical facilities, hoping to be able to vaccinate 10,000 people a day.

With northern hemisphere countries hit by a pandemic winter surge, Britain this week became the first Western country to roll out the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

Updates to the panels will connect people directly to vaccine information from global and local health authorities, Google said.

According to the experts, warning against alcohol consumption that has been issued is a general immune-boosting measure rather than as a specific contraindication or interaction with the vaccine.

The Canadian government has said its target is to vaccinate majority of the citizens by September 2021.

The project update on Covaxin was presented to the delegates by Dr Krishna Ella, chairman and managing director, Bharat Biotech.

Around 1.55 p.m., it was trading at 46,030.43, higher by 421.92 points or 0.93 per cent from its previous closed.

The Pfizer-BioNTech jab is one of several vaccines bringing hope for an end to the pandemic that has killed more than 1.5 million people worldwide and ravaged economies.

The UK will be the first country in the world to start using the Pfizer vaccine after regulators approved its use last week.