Britain approves Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for use

Britain approves Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for use

Britain's medical regulator on Friday approved Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for use, the health ministry said, adding that it had agreed to purchase an additional 10 million doses of the shot as it eyed a spring rollout of the shot.Three COVID-19 vaccines have now been approved for use in Britain, with Pfizer/BioNTech's shot and one developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca already being rolled out.Britain now has 17 million doses of Moderna's vaccine on order, and supplies will begin to be delivered to the UK from spring once Moderna expands its production capability.Comments Read Next2 hours agoBahrain: Café fined for flouting COVID-19 measures4 hours agoEngland to require COVID-19 tests for international arrivals5 hours agoIndia registers 234 deaths; 18,138 cases in 24 hours7 hours agoPfizer study suggests vaccine works against new coronavirus7 hours agoUAE records nearly 3,000 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours9 hours agoBahrain: Random COVID-19 testing locations for January 89 hours agoBahrain: Over 340 new coronavirus cases announced21 hours agoSaudi Arabia reports 10 cases of new COVID-19 strain22 hours agoKuwait registers 540 cases and 224 recoveries22 hours agoQatar reports 210 new coronavirus cases and 132 recoveries