By Canadian Press

CP NewsAlert: Health Canada approves Pfizer’s BA.4/BA.5 Omicron vaccine

Oct 7, 2022 | 7:34 AM

OTTAWA — Health Canada says Canadians ages 12 and up can now be given the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster vaccine that targets the BA.4 and BA.5 strains of the Omicron variant.

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos and Health Canada officials are scheduled to discuss the approval in detail later today.

More coming.

The Canadian Press

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