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Dr Fauci slams UK for rushing Pfizer coronavirus vaccine approval

The UK was the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine

Dr. Anthony Fauci
Dr. Anthony Fauci Photo: Getty Images

US coronavirus supremo Dr Anthony Fauci has criticised the speed at which UK regulators approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine

“If you go quickly and you do it superficially, people are not going to want to get vaccinated,” Fauci told Fox News. "We have the gold standard of a regulatory approach with the FDA [Food and Drug Administration].

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