Health Canada Not Ready yet to Greenlight AstraZeneca Vaccine

Health Canada Not Ready yet to Greenlight AstraZeneca Vaccine
A nurse holds a dose of AstraZeneca vaccine before administering it to a tourist resort employee north of Port Louis, Mauritius, on Feb. 10, 2021. Sumeet Mudhoo/L'express Maurice via AP
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OTTAWA—Health Canada is not yet ready to make a decision about approving the COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca, more than two weeks after it signalled the ruling could be imminent.

The World Health Organization gave its seal of approval to AstraZeneca Monday, and if Health Canada follows suit, almost 500,000 doses could be shipped to Canada in March through the global vaccine-sharing program known as COVAX.