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Health Canada Approves AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine

Bobby Nockby Bobby Nock

Health Canada approved the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, this morning.

The move clears the way for millions more inoculations in Canada.

Canadian experts had been assessing the AstraZeneca and Oxford University vaccine since October.

Canada has secured access to 20 million doses of the vaccine.

The country now has three approved COVID vaccines.

Bobby Nock

Bobby grew up in Whycocomagh before moving to Halifax to attend university where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Journalism degree. After university, Bobby moved back to Cape Breton where he began working as a freelance journalist and has done work for both print media and as a broadcast journalist. As the News Director, Bobby Nock will get your day started by bringing you information that helps connect you to the community with all the latest in local news.

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