More good news in terms of coronavirus vaccines, Canada on Wednesday approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, quite a few days after Uk approved it and started the use of it. The vaccine, it said, had undergone a fast-tracked review while it was still in clinical trials, which concluded that it met all the safety precautions and quality requirements in needed to starts its use in Canada.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday that as many as 249,000 doses would be received in December, with the first shipments to 14 sites across Canada arriving as early as next week and people receiving shots a day or two later.
Health care workers and vulnerable populations including the elderly are to be the first to receive it.By September 2021, Trudeau said, most Canadians should be inoculated.
