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How the world has sped up vaccine approvals

Covid-19 vaccine research

Covid-19 medical test vaccine research and development concept.

Photo credit: AFP

Britain has become the first Western country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine for general use, giving the green light to the Pfizer/BioNTech drug.

As authorities in the US and Europe probe other candidates, here is how countries have sped up their approval procedures to face up to the pandemic.