Switzerland OKs Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

 Switzerland has approved COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and German pharmaceutical company BioNTech.

country's health ncy Swissmedic said in a written statement Saturday that vaccine had been approved for small Alpine country after a careful examination by expert teams. ncy did t say when vaccinations in Switzerland would begin.

approval comes shortly after Britain, Canada, United States, and or countries allowed use of vaccine in ir respective countries.

director of Swissmedic said thanks to  rolling process and our flexible teams, we could quickly decide and fully accommodate three most important requirements security, efficacy, and quality.

Raimund Bruhin added that, “ safety of patients is a required condition especially regarding approval of vaccines.” 

(IM CREDITS:AP)