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US approval for Pfizer vaccine

Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine authorised by the US Food and Drug Administration.
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The US Food and Drug Administration has authorised the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for emergency use. President Donald Trump said it would be made available for free to all Americans and that the first inoculations would take place within 24 hours.

Also in the programme: Pressure on Armenia's Prime Minister following the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh and how Manhattan's Chinatown has been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic.

(Picture: Healthcare workers take part in a rehearsal for administering the Pfizer vaccine in the US. Credit: REUTERS/Bryan Woolston)

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Sat 12 Dec 202007:06GMT

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  • Sat 12 Dec 202007:06GMT