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EU Approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID Vaccine

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   The European Union has given official approval for the coronavirus
   vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer, while the United States began
   distributing a second COVID-19 vaccine developed by U.S.-based
   drugmaker Moderna.

   The EU's executive commission authorized the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech
   vaccine across the 27-nation bloc, after the European Medicines Agency
   (EMA) said the inoculation meets quality and safety standards.

   European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said deliveries of
   the vaccine are scheduled to start Saturday, with inoculations
   beginning across the EU Dec. 27-29.

   "This is a very good way to end this difficult year and to finally
   start turning the page on COVID-19," she said of the disease caused by
   the coronavirus.