Health Canada Authorizes Updated Pfizer-BioNTech COVID Vaccine

A nurse administers a Pfizer COVID-19 booster vaccine in Jackson, Miss., on Nov. 18, 2022. The Canadian Press/AP, Rogelio V. Solis

Health Canada has authorized Pfizer-BioNTech’s updated COVID-19 vaccine for people six months and older.

The mRNA vaccine targets the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant that is circulating in Canada.