COVID-19 vaccines have been around for half a year, what have we learned so far?

Margaret Keenan, 90, is applauded by staff as she returns to her ward after becoming the first person in Britain to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech  COVID-19 vaccine at University Hospital, at the start of the largest ever immunisation programme in the British history, in Coventry, Britain December 8, 2020. Britain is the first country in the world to start vaccinating people with the Pfizer/BioNTech jab. Jacob King/Pool via REUTERS - RC2XIK9QQQM7

Margaret Keenan was the first person to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, in Coventry, Britain December 8, 2020. Image: REUTERS

John Letzing
Digital Editor, Strategic Intelligence, World Economic Forum
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COVID-19 vaccination doses administered per 100 people between January and May of this year. Image: World Economic Forum
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