COMING UP LIVE: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, public health officials and members of his cabinet will give an update after Health Canada approved the use of the COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca this morning. cbc.ca/player/play/18…
Justin Trudeau says Canada received 643,000 doses of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines in total this week, making it the largest week of shipments to date.
Justin Trudeau says Health Canada’s approval of the AstraZeneca vaccine is ‘very encouraging news,’ adding: ‘It means more people vaccinated, and sooner.’
Justin Trudeau says Canada has secured 2 million additional doses of the CoviShield vaccine through an agreement with Verity Pharmaceuticals and the Serum Institute of India. The first shipment of half a million of these doses will come within weeks.
Canada has already secured 20 million doses from AstraZeneca that will start arriving in spring. Any doses Canada receives from COVAX will be added to the total.
Justin Trudeau says between the Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca vaccines, Canada will get more than 6.5 million vaccine doses before the end of March, with tens of millions more doses to come between April and June.
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