Canada Becomes Second Country to Approve Pfizer Anti-COVID Vaccine
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Canadian medical watchdog Health Canada has approved the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE, becoming the second country to do so after the UK.The North American country moved to greenlight the jab under a new interim order system that allows for accelerated approval akin to the US Food and Drug Administration’s speedy emergency use authorisations.
Britain kickstarted its mass vaccination programme called “V-Day” across the country on Tuesday, following similar emergency approval issued by the country’s health authorities last week.
The shots will first be given to high-priority groups, with around 800,000 doses of the US-German vaccine expected to be delivered to the UK in the coming days.
As for an expected approval back home, the brainchild of the US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech is expected to get approval from the US Food and Drug Administration as soon as this week.
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