Moderna and Sweden are donating vaccines to the COVAX Facility, and an African trial is investigating a combination of nitazoxanide and ciclesonide in people with mild-to-moderate COVID-19.

The World Health Organization has updated progress with evaluations of two Chinese vaccines and Russia's Sputnik V, the UK has ordered 60 million more Pfizer/BioNTech doses, and the European Medicines Agency is looking at the use of baricitinib in COVID-19 patients requiring oxygen.

A CDC recommendation slowed non-pandemic vaccinations, but Shingrix shots will likely increase as more eligible consumers are fully vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2.

The EMA has issued updated safety advice on AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, Vaxzevria, Valneva has decided to pursue vaccine supply deals with individual member states after a falling out with the European Commission, and Kazakhstan has begun administering the first doses of its domestically produced vaccine, QazVac.