The Canadian government announced on Tuesday it would be receiving a quarter of a million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine next week. …
The Canadian government announced on Tuesday it would be receiving a quarter of a million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine next week. “The Government of Canada is delivering on its commitment to ensure that Canadians have access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines as soon as possible,” read a news release from Public Services and Procurement Canada. “The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Public Services and Procurement, announced today that following successful negotiations, Canada will receive up to 249,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in December 2020, contingent on Health Canada authorization of the vaccine.” This news comes two weeks after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that Canadians would likely have to wait until 2021 to receive the first doses of a vaccine, citing the fact that most manufacturers are located outside of Canada and would want to give the first round of doses to the countries they operate in. Trudeau said on Monday that immunizations could begin as early as next week.
