INSTANT VIEW-Canada approves COVID-19 vaccine

Health Canada on Wednesday approved the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE , clearing the way for shots to be delivered and administered across the country. The nation's first coronavirus vaccine green light comes under a new interim order system that allows for accelerated approval very similar to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's emergency use authorizations.

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COMMENTARY SCOTT MOE, PREMIER OF SASKATCHEWAN

"Now we expect to receive those vaccines more quickly than was originally anticipated, and in greater quantities than we originally anticipated."