Companies say shot, if authorized for use, could be rolled out before end of year; German science minister says safety standards are being maintained

'I allowed myself to cry for the first time' when learning of the results, says Israeli chief medical officer as pharma firm asks regulators to allow emergency use of the jab

British medical staff to be first to receive jab, if it receives regulatory approval; government appoints vaccines minister to oversee massive inoculation campaign

Russian Direct Investment Fund vows two-shot jab will be cheaper for foreign governments than those by Pfizer, Moderna, and free to its citizens

PM claims 'we are on our way out of the pandemic,' says there will be plentiful supply of 'millions' of shots with no logistic limitations

Five-stage proposal, which has yet to be confirmed, would reportedly see teachers, prisoners, pregnant women and babies receive shot before general population

Medical personnel to be vaccinated first, with general population possibly facing winter with no immunization

British drug group and Oxford university say inoculation averages 70% efficacy and caused no hospitalizations, days after Israel announces talks to purchase inoculations

Positive test level hits 2.8% and transmission rate at 1.06; health minister backs opening schools for all grades, but says other eased restrictions would then have to wait

Israel has now signed deals for enough vaccines to inoculate entire population -- but the time of their arrival remains an open question