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UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for mass inoculation

By AFP
04 December 2020   |   12:49 pm
British Prime minister Boris Johnson announces the UK government has accepted a recommendation by the country's independent medicines regulator to approve Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine for general use. The Chief Executive of the NHS in England Simon Stevens says the 'at-risk' population will be inoculated first.

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