After Russia failed to deliver the ordered doses of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine by Guatemala, the Central American country's Health Minister Amelia Flores stated on Tuesday that the Guatemalan government had asked Russia to return their money.
Republican Sen. Rand Paul said he will not get his COVID-19 vaccine because he already contracted COVID-19 earlier, adding that he believes he now has a "natural immunity."
In order to get through the next critical months, a top official revealed Wednesday that Mexican Foreign Minister will soon fly to the United States to request for additional vaccine supply from its neighbor due to shortage.
Amid the rollout and inoculation of the COVID-19 vaccines in the United States, Pfizer Inc. expects to hand out 13 million doses of its vaccine every week by the middle of March.
Johnson & Johnson filed an application for emergency use authorization on Thursday for its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine, which brings it one step closer to helping the U.S. fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Portuguese woman who works as a pediatric assistant died two days after getting her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine, and results of the autopsy on her is still unknown.
The nation's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said that the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines is picking up speed and could be fully on track within a week or so.