Canada approves Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine

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Canada has become the third state in the world after the UK and Bahrain to approve the use of a coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, Ukrinform reports.

“Public Health Canada today approved the first coronavirus vaccine in Canada. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will be approved for use in Canada after a thoughtful independent review of the evidence regarding safety, efficacy and quality requirements,” it said.

The first batch of 249,000 doses of vaccine will arrive in Canada this month. Primary supplies of coronavirus vaccines will be limited.

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