Separately, Ottawa should soon complete its regulatory review of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine candidate, Health Minister Patty Hajdu said on Wednesday. WATCH | U.K. first country to approve Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine:U.K. first country to approve Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine CBC News Video 4:32 Pfizer and BioNTech say they've won permission for emergency use of their COVID-19 vaccine in the United Kingdom. Russia and Germany both reported record numbers of daily coronavirus deaths, with 580 deaths reported in Russia and 487 in Germany. With more than 2.3 million infections, Russia has the fourth-largest number of COVID-19 cases in the world behind the United States, India and Brazil. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)In Africa, South Africa's reported COVID-19 case numbers stood at more than 792,000 on Wednesday.

Source: CBC News December 02, 2020 13:22 UTC