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A man is administered the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in Bratislava, Slovakia, Monday June 7, 2021. (Jakub Kotian/TASR via AP)
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A man receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the Noevir Stadium Kobe in Kobe, western Japan, Monday, May 31, 2021. The stadium is being used as an inoculation venue for local residents over 65 years old. Japan, seriously behind in coronavirus vaccination efforts, is scrambling to boost daily shots as the start of the Olympics in July closes in. (Yu Nakajima/Kyodo News via AP)
Japan gives $800M to UN-backed COVID-19 vaccine program

By Mari Yamaguchi Jun. 02, 2021 10:04 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 7, 2021 file photo an advertising figure for Covid-19 rapid test stands in front of a small test center in Frankfurt, Germany. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, file)
The Latest: Melbourne pandemic lockdown extended to 2nd week

By The Associated Press Jun. 01, 2021 01:17 AM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 file photo, a sign is pasted into an upper window at Pfizer manufacturing center in Puurs, Belgium. The European Union cemented its support for Pfizer-BioNTech and its novel COVID-19 vaccine technology, Saturday, May 8, 2021 by agreeing to a massive contract extension for a potential 1.8 billion doses through 2023. The new contract, which has the backing of the EU member states, will entail not only the production of the vaccines, but also making sure that all the essential components should be sourced from the EU. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)
European regulator recommends Pfizer shot for children 12-15

By Frank Jordans And Maria Cheng May. 28, 2021 10:41 AM EDT

United Airlines, Nordson rise; Lordstown Motors, Dycom fall

May. 25, 2021 04:22 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Lordstown Motors Corp., down 72 cents to $8.95. ...

A nurse waits in an observation room to watch for adverse effects in people who have just received the Moderna coronavirus vaccine at the newly-opened mass vaccination center in Tokyo Monay, May 24, 2021. Japan opened mass-vaccination sites in two of the country’s biggest metropolitan areas, Tokyo and Osaka, with the goal of administering the shots to up to 15,000 elderly people a day. (Carl Carl Court/Pool Photo via AP)
Japan opens mass vaccine centers 2 months before Olympics

By Mari Yamaguchi May. 23, 2021 11:10 PM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 24, 2021 file photo, a nurse holds a vial of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India and provided through the global COVAX initiative, prior to vaccination in Machakos, Kenya. The Serum of Institute of India says it hopes to start delivering coronavirus vaccine doses to the U.N. backed effort known as COVAX and to other countries by the end of the year, in a move that will significantly set back global efforts to immunize people against COVID-19. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, file)
India vaccine-maker hopes to share shots by end of the year

May. 18, 2021 12:14 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2021, file photo, a medical worker fills a syringe with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Tokyo Medical Center in Tokyo Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Japan's rollout of COVID-19 vaccines began belatedly in mid-February, months behind the United States and many other countries. Officials blamed a shortage of Pfizer Inc. vaccine from Europe as the main culprit in the delay. But three months later, with shipments stabilized and officials attempting to accelerate vaccinations, Japan remains one of the world's least protected. (Behrouz Mehri/Pool Photo via AP, File)
EXPLAINER: Why Japan has been slow to roll out vaccinations

By Mari Yamaguchi May. 14, 2021 12:07 AM EDT

Meredith, Ocugen rise; Estee Lauder, Dell fall

May. 03, 2021 04:15 PM EDT
Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Meredith Corp., up $4.11 to $35.21. The publisher...

People wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk along a pedestrian crossing Wednesday, April 21, 2021, in Tokyo. The Japanese capital confirmed more than 840 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Japan prepares for 3rd virus emergency in Tokyo, Osaka areas

By Mari Yamaguchi Apr. 21, 2021 09:39 AM EDT

EU medicines regulator approves new vaccine production sites

Mar. 26, 2021 09:25 AM EDT
LONDON (AP) — The European Union’s medicines regulator on Friday said it has approved new manufacturing sites for coronavirus vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech,...

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2021, file photo, vials AstraZeneca vaccine ready to be used at the Wellcome Centre in London. In recent days, countries including Denmark, Ireland and Thailand have temporarily suspended their use of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine after reports that some people who got a dose developed blood clots, even though there's no evidence that the shot was responsible. The European Medicines Agency and the World Health Organization say the data available do not suggest the vaccine caused the clots. Britain and several other countries have stuck with the vaccine. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
EXPLAINER: Why countries are halting the AstraZeneca shot

By Maria Cheng Mar. 15, 2021 11:39 AM EDT

Japan’s Administrative Reform Minister Taro Kono, who is also in charge of COVID-19 vaccines, puts his mask back on after a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, on inoculations. Japan rolls out its vaccination campaign Wednesday, Feb. 17, after the government gave belated first approval to a shot co-developed by Pfizer Inc. that the U.S. and many other countries started using two months ago. Kono defended the delay. “It was more important for the government to show the Japanese people that everything was done” to encourage taking the vaccines, he said. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
EXPLAINER: Japan begins vaccination drive, but why so late?

By Mari Yamaguchi Feb. 16, 2021 07:33 PM EST

Japan's Administrative Reform Minister Taro Kono sits before a cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Kono, who is in charge of COVID-19 vaccines, raised concern Tuesday about the delayed distribution of European-made vaccines, saying Japan’s preparations have been affected by a lack of EU clarity.(Shinji Kita/Kyodo News via AP)
Japan concerned over EU COVID-19 vaccine supply uncertainty

By Mari Yamaguchi Feb. 02, 2021 06:43 AM EST

A man wearing a face mask walks through the Sensoji temple in the snow in Tokyo on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
Asia Today: China's big holiday travel season light so far

Jan. 27, 2021 11:36 PM EST

WestRock, Carnival fall; AMC Entertainment, Moderna rise

Jan. 25, 2021 04:21 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: WestRock Co., down $2.55 to $44.12. ...

Brand-new ultralow-temperature freezers are seen at warehouse at Kanou Reiki, a freezer supplier, on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021 in Sagamihara, west of Tokyo. Some of COVID-19 vaccine must be kept at the ultra-cold temperature of around -70 degrees Celsius (-94 degrees Fahrenheit). Japan is accelerating preparations for COVID-19 vaccinations in hopes of starting them in late February, but uncertainty is growing as the country faces vaccine-shy public, slow approval process and bureaucratic roadblocks, casting a doubt if Tokyo Olympic this summer is possible. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Japan vaccination uncertainty casts doubts over Olympics

By Mari Yamaguchi Jan. 22, 2021 05:33 AM EST

European Union medicines agency recommends approval of Moderna Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine for use in the 27-nation bloc

Jan. 06, 2021 07:27 AM EST
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — European Union medicines agency recommends approval of Moderna Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine for use in the 27-nation bloc. ...

Exterior view of the European Medicines Agency in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. The European Union's medicines agency gave the green light Wednesday to Moderna Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine, a decision that gives the 27-nation bloc a second vaccine to use in the desperate battle to tame the virus rampaging across the continent. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
EU commission greenlights Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine

By Aleksandar Furtula And Mike Corder Jan. 06, 2021 02:40 AM EST

In this Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, photo provided by Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health, registered nurse Starla Garcia prepares a coronavirus vaccine in Chinle, Ariz., for someone who enrolled in the COVID-19 vaccine trials on the Navajo Nation and initially received a placebo. (Nina Mayer Ritchie/Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health via AP)
Fast rollout of virus vaccine trials reveals tribal distrust

By Felicia Fonseca Jan. 02, 2021 11:11 AM EST