Mexico has become the fourth country to approve emergency use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, following authorization from health regulator Cofepris, a health official said on Friday.
“Cofepris has granted emergency authorization to the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine,” deputy health minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell told a news conference, referring to Pfizer’s German partner. “This is cause… for hope.”
Britain, Bahrain and Canada approved the Pfizer vaccine prior to Mexico. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the drug in the evening for Emergency Use.
Cofepris said in a . . .
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