U.S. begins administering 1st doses of COVID-19 vaccine

The United States on Monday began administering the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, in a much-awaited moment for the country that has suffered the world's highest numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths.The vaccine, developed by U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. and its German partner BioNTech SE, was granted an emergency use authorization by U.S. regulators on Friday for individuals aged 16 or older.Britain last week became the first Western nation to start a mass effort to inoculate people against COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus, using the same P…READ FULL ARTICLE