Health Canada Updates Pfizer-biontech Covid-19 Vaccine Label To Reflect Very Rare Reports Of Bell's Palsy

Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Label Update Health Canada has updated the label for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to include information about very rare reports of Bell's Palsy, a condition causing temporary weakness of facial muscles. This update applies to the vaccine distributed across Canada. The label change reflects safety monitoring data collected since the vaccine began being used.

Reason
COVID
Category
consumer product recall
Country
Canada
Agency
HC-PRODUCTS
Recall date
2021-08-06
Status
Ongoing
Distribution
Canada-wide

Official recall notice from HC-PRODUCTS

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