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Vaccine Update: Health Canada Approves AstraZeneca's COVID-19 Vaccine for Use in Canada
Friday, February 26, 2021
Vancouver, BC, February 26, 2021--After a months-long review, Health Canada regulators approved the COVID-19 vaccine from Oxford University-AstraZeneca for use in Canada — clearing the way for millions more inoculations in the months ahead. The department's regulators concluded the shot has an efficacy rate of 62 per cent and have authorized it for use in all adults 18 and older. Canada has secured access to 22 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Researchers found the AstraZeneca product reduced the risk of COVID-19 hospital admissions by roughly 94 per cent.
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