Mexico approves emergency use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine

Mexican health regulator Cofepris has approved the emergency use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, deputy health minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said on Friday.

Mexico has registered 12,253 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 693 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 1,229,379 cases and 113,019 deaths.

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