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Health Canada authorizes Pfizer’s Omicron retooled booster

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A nurse prepares the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in Montreal, Nov. 24, 2021.
A nurse prepares the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in Montreal, Nov. 24, 2021. Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV / AFP /Getty Images

Canada on Friday authorized updated COVID-19 booster shots from Pfizer Inc and its partner BioNTech SE that target the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants, according to the government’s website.

The booster shot is the second to get clearance from Health Canada after Moderna Inc’s modified booster last month.

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