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EU paves way for more Pfizer vaccine shots after extra dose allowed

  • EU countries started inoculating people with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine two weeks ago.
  • Shot's conditional approval under an authorisation which allows five doses to be extracted from each vial.
Published January 8, 2021 Updated January 8, 2021 06:44pm
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Europe's medicines regulator gave the go ahead on Friday for an extra sixth dose to be extracted from the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine vials, lifting the number of available shots at a time when supplies are short.

EU countries started inoculating people with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine two weeks ago, after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended the shot's conditional approval under an authorisation which allows five doses to be extracted from each vial.

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