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Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for widespread use endorsed by US panel

A U.S. government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine Thursday, putting the country just one step away from launching an epic vaccination campaign against the outbreak that has killed close to 300,000 Americans.

 
‘A day to remember’: Pfizer coronavirus vaccine OK’d in UK

The announcement sets the stage for the biggest vaccination campaign in British history and came just ahead of what experts are warning will be a long, dark winter.