COVID-19: Health Canada approves Pfizer vaccine for children aged 5-11
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COVID-19: Health Canada approves Pfizer vaccine for children aged 5-11
Description
November 19, 2021
Dr. Supriya Sharma, senior medical advisor with Health Canada announced on Friday that they had approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11, calling it “another key step" in Canada’s fight against the virus. The vaccine “will help bring back a degree of normality to children’s lives, allowing them to more safely do the things that they have missed during the last 20 months,” she stated.
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COVID-19: Health Canada approves Pfizer vaccine for children aged 5-1104:33 | November 19, 2021 -
Helen Branswell, renowned Canadian health journalist, dies at 6902:08 | October 14, 2026 -
Alberta government’s COVID-19 response failed Cargill plant workers: report02:05 | September 28, 2026 -
Health Matters: AB government maintaining $100 COVID-19 vaccine fee02:12 | September 15, 2026 -
Vaccine-injured Canadians testify in Ottawa02:20 | September 13, 2026 -
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Health Matters: COVID-19 vaccine may help cancer treatments, study finds02:17 | October 23, 2025 -
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Health Matters: COVID-19 positivity rate increasing across Canada, report shows02:23 | September 15, 2025 -
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Health Matters: What to know about the summer COVID-19 variant ‘Stratus’02:29 | August 15, 2025 -
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Health Matters: Gynecologists recommend COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy, while breastfeeding02:29 | May 29, 2025 -
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The impact of the so-called ‘Quad-demic’04:53 | January 17, 2025
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COVID-19: Health Canada approves Pfizer vaccine for children aged 5-1104:33 | November 19, 2021
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Helen Branswell, renowned Canadian health journalist, dies at 6902:08 | October 14, 2026
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Alberta government’s COVID-19 response failed Cargill plant workers: report02:05 | September 28, 2026
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Health Matters: AB government maintaining $100 COVID-19 vaccine fee02:12 | September 15, 2026
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Auto theft trending toward ‘pre-crisis levels’ across Canada: report00:34 | August 11, 2026
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-
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Health Matters: Obesity rates increased during COVID-19 pandemic02:30 | July 14, 2025
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Health Matters: Gynecologists recommend COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy, while breastfeeding02:29 | May 29, 2025
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Deaths from alcohol increased during COVID pandemic: study01:42 | February 3, 2025
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Critics push back against Alberta COVID-19 vaccine report02:14 | January 26, 2025
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The impact of the so-called ‘Quad-demic’04:53 | January 17, 2025
COVID-19: Health Canada approves Pfizer vaccine for children aged 5-11
Description
November 19, 2021
Dr. Supriya Sharma, senior medical advisor with Health Canada announced on Friday that they had approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11, calling it “another key step" in Canada’s fight against the virus. The vaccine “will help bring back a degree of normality to children’s lives, allowing them to more safely do the things that they have missed during the last 20 months,” she stated.
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