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Pfizer vaccine approved in US

12/12/2020 GMT

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US Food and Drug Administration has authorised the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine.

The US Food and Drug Administration has authorised the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for emergency use. President Donald Trump said it would be made available for free to all Americans and that the first inoculations would take place within 24 hours.

Also in the programme: A Hong Kong democracy activist appears in court today and aid agencies say staff killed in conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region.

(Picture: A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine jab. Credit: Ben Birchall/Pool via REUTERS)

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