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(CNN) -
Health Canada approved Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine under emergency use on Wednesday, stating in its authorization that there were some "conditions."
More is expected at an afternoon press conference where technical details about the vaccine launch will be outlined.
Canada has started a distribution "test" this week across the country.
The country's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said earlier this week that Canada would receive an initial shipment of 249,000 doses by the end of the year and expects Canada's first vaccines to occur sometime next week.
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