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News / International
02 Dec. 2020 / 11:38
UK becomes first country to approve Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for use
Britain on Wednesday (Dec 2) became the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for use and said that it will be rolled out from early next week, AFP and Reuters report.
A vaccine is seen as the best chance for the world to get back to some semblance of normality amid a global pandemic that has killed nearly 1.5 million people and upended the global economy.
"The government has today accepted the recommendation from the independent Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to approve Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine for use," the British government said.
"The vaccine will be made available across the UK from next week."
Britain’s vaccine committee will decide which priority groups will get the jab first, such as care home residents, health and care staff, the elderly and people who are clinically extremely vulnerable.
Both Pfizer-BioNTech and United States biotech firm Moderna have reported preliminary findings of more than 90 per cent effectiveness - an unexpectedly high rate – in trials of their vaccines, which are both based on new messenger RNA (mRNA) technology.
Pfizer said Britain’s emergency use authorisation marks a historic moment in the fight against Covid-19.
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