Health Canada Authorizes Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine

A health worker holds a bottle containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Northwell Health's Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital in Valley Stream, N.Y., on Dec. 21, 2020. Eduardo Munoz/Pool via AP

OTTAWA—Health Canada says the COVID-19 vaccine from U.S. biotech firm Moderna is safe for use in Canada.

The vaccine is the second to be greenlit in Canada, following the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine on Dec. 9.