Health Canada Approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Vancouver, BC, Dec 9, 2020--Health Canada has authorized its first vaccine for COVID-19, making Canada just the third country to approve a fully tested shot against a virus that has killed more than 1.5 million people during the worst pandemic in a century. The Canadian regulator announced that it has granted interim authorization to a two-dose vaccine made by Pfizer Inc. and the German company BioNTech, firing the starting pistol on the most ambitious and complex immunization campaign in this country's history. The first doses are expected to be injected in Canada beginning next week.