Health Canada will announce Thursday that it has approved a vaccine to fight the COVID-19 Omicron variant, sources tell Radio-Canada.
CBC NewsVials of the original Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines.Health Canada will announce Thursday that it has approved a vaccine to fight the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 coronavirus, sources tell Radio-Canada and CBC News.Sources, including one senior government official, told both CBC News and Radio-Canada that the Moderna vaccine is the one receiving approval on Thursday.
Dr. Supriya Sharma, chief medical adviser at Health Canada, and Deputy Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Howard Njoo will attend a morning technical briefing for media at 11 a.m. ET.Moderna announced last week that it will supplyA Health Canada spokesperson said on Aug. 22 that a decision on Moderna's bivalent vaccine was expected within weeks.
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