Coronavirus: Justin Trudeau says Canada to get Pfizer vaccine this month
- Inoculations could begin as early as next week, prime minister says
- Close to 250,000 doses have been secured with an early delivery agreement, with millions more to follow in 2021
Pfizer and BioNTech will deliver the first doses of their Covid-19 vaccine to Canada this month, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday, with inoculations to start as early as next week.
“Canada has secured an agreement with Pfizer to begin early delivery of doses of their vaccine candidate,” Trudeau told a news conference.
“We are now contracted to receive up to 249,000 of our initial doses of Pfizer BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine in the month of December,” he said.
Pending Health Canada regulatory approval, expected this week, the prime minister said the first shipments to 14 sites across Canada could be delivered next week, with millions more doses to follow in 2021.
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