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#BREAKING UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for rollout from 'next week'

#BREAKING UK vaccine approval 'historic moment' in Covid-19 battle: Pfizer CEO

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Britain has become the first country to approve Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine for general use

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@AFPgraphics #UPDATE Britain on Wednesday became the first Western country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine for general use, announcing a rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech's drug from next week in a historic advance for humanity's fightback against the coronavirus 🇬🇧 💉
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@AFPgraphics #BREAKING 'No corners cut' to approve Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine: UK regulator

@AFPgraphics The small German biotech firm BioNTech, started by a husband and wife team with Turkish roots, had never brought a vaccine to market before - not now its Covid-19 vaccine has been granted approval by Britain 💉🤞
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@AFPgraphics #UPDATE Britain's independent medicines regulator said on Wednesday no "corners have been cut" in its recommendation to approve Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine for general use
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@AFPgraphics Brexit has helped Britain accelerate the landmark rollout of a Covid-19 vaccine while the European Union lags on its own approval, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Wednesday 🇬🇧
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@AFPgraphics The British government has accepted a recommendation by the country's independent medicines regulator to approve Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine for general use.

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