Simon Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa. Simon covers President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other financial and international institutions in Washington D.C. and New York City.
U.S. drug maker Pfizer announced on Monday that its coronavirus vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19, a promising development as the world nears 50 million cases of the disease. At least 1.2 million people have died from COVID-19 globally.