The Russian Gamaleya Institute's Sputnik V became the world’s first registered coronavirus vaccine in August, with numerous major labs certifying their own medications across the world later in 2020. The list includes the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine, China's SinoVac, Russian Vector's EpiVacCorona, and others.
Countries around the world have launched mass vaccination campaigns, providing the first jabs to senior citizens along with frontline social and medical workers.
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People wearing face masks wait to receive a coronavirus vaccine at a COVID-19 vaccination centre in Jerusalem, on Monday, 4 January 2021.
This photograph, taken on 4 January 2021 in Paris, shows figurines next to a vaccine vial reading "COVID-19 vaccine".
Balafia nursing home resident Milagros Garcia, 79, receives an injection with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Lleida, Spain, 27 December 2020.
Hundreds wait in line at Lakes Park Regional Library to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in Fort Myers, Florida, US on 30 December 2020.
A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination campaign for healthcare professionals over 50 and/or with co-morbidities, at a vaccination centre at Hotel Dieu (Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris) in Paris, France, on 4 January 2021.
This photo taken on 3 January 2021 shows people waiting to receive COVID-19 coronavirus vaccines at a temporary vaccination centre in Beijing, as China races to inoculate millions before the Chinese New Year mass travel season in February.
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks on as Jennifer Dumasi receives the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine during his visit to the Chase Farm Hospital, in north London, Britain, on 4 January 2021.
This general view picture shows a new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination centre, as well as a COVID-19 testing centre, as Israel continues its drive to vaccinate its elderly population against COVID-19, Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 31 December 2020.
A man receives a dose of a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates on 28 December 2020.
A Palestinian youth wearing a face mask rides his bicycle past a mural painting of a nurse injecting a vaccine into a COVID-19 virus particle in Gaza City on 31 December 2020.
Officers offload a box of Sinovac's vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as it arrives at a cold room at a local Indonesian health department in Palembang, South Sumatra province, Indonesia, on 4 January 2021, in this photo taken by Antara Foto.
Senior Russian citizens waiting to be vaccinated in a Moscow hospital.
Argentinian medics use Sputnik V, inoculating citizens in Buenos Aires.
Doctor Giovanni Di Perri receives the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination at the Amedeo di Savoia hospital in Turin, Italy, on 27 December 2020.
A woman shows gratitude after being vaccinated against COVID-19 in a nursing home in a northern Athens suburb on 4 January 2021, as Greece resumes its vaccination campaign for elderly people to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.
People queue at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination centre at the Treptow Arena in Berlin, Germany, on 4 January 2021.
A man adding the finishing touches to graffiti depicting a vaccine amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Kolkata, India, on 2 January 2021.
A medical worker takes a selfie as he receives an injection with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Regional Military Specialty Hospital in San Nicolas de los Garza, on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico, on 29 December 2020.
