A major development on the vaccine front — PMJT and @AnitaOakville have just announced that Pfizer is moving up 5 million doses from Q3 to Q2. That means 17.8 million Pfizer shots alone will be delivered between April-June.
@AnitaOakville Combined with the 12.3 million more Moderna doses expected in this Q2 period — we will have 30.1 million mRNA vaccines delivered over the next three months. (7 million mRNA will be delivered by the end of this week, for a total of 37.1 million in Jan.-June period.)
We are also expecting at least 3.4 million more of the (currently) age-restricted AstraZeneca in the April-June period from COVAX and Serum Institute (that's in addition to the 2 million AZ that will have been delivered by day's end.) So, a total of 43 million shots by Canada Day
Another new piece of information from @AnitaOakville today — she says deliveries of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson will begin "by the end of April." (That product isn't included in any of the delivery numbers I mentioned above.)
Canada has ordered 10 million doses from Johnson & Johnson with options for up to 28 million more, if necessary.
“We are still finalizing the delivery schedule with J&J but we have had discussions with them, including some correspondence that I was engaged in last evening — and our deliveries of J&J will be beginning at the end of April,” @AnitaOakville said.
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