US approves Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine

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Nation | by AFP


The US green lighted the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine late Friday, paving the way for its imminent rollout across the country, with President Donald Trump promising the first immunisations would take place “in less than 24 hours.”

“I am authorising the emergency use of Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine for the prevention of Covid-19,” Denise Hinton, the Food and Drug Administration’s chief scientist wrote in a letter to a Pfizer executive.

President Donald Trump immediately released a video on Twitter, where he hailed the development…

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