OTTAWA, Canada – Canada on Wednesday approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, days after Britain became the first country to greenlight and roll it out.
“At last we have a reason to feel optimistic and excited about returning to the lives we led pre-COVID,” Canadian deputy chief public health officer Howard Njoo told a news conference, adding that Ottawa was “bringing vaccines to Canadians earlier than hoped.”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a tweet called the announcement good news, but warned: “It doesn’t mean we can let our guards down” against the spread of the COVI-19 illness as a second wave forced several regions to reintroduce restrictions.
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