Category: Canada COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Canada to Receive Record 640K Vaccine Doses This Week With Pfizer, Moderna Deliveries

February 22, 2021
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OTTAWA—Canada is poised to receive a record number of COVID-19 vaccine doses this week thanks to scheduled deliveries from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, as the country looks to speed up its vaccination efforts. The Public Health Agency of Canada says it expects more than 640,000 shots from the pharmaceutical giants this week, which would represent the…

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Poll Finds Most Canadians Blame Federal Government for Vaccine Delays

February 16, 2021
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OTTAWA—The vast majority of Canadians blame Ottawa rather than provincial governments for delays in COVID-19 vaccine delivery, a new poll suggests. Sixty-nine percent of respondents believe Canada is behind on deliveries due to federal challenges obtaining doses on the global market, according to an online survey by Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies. Only…

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Racialized Adults on Revised Federal COVID-19 Vaccination Priority List

February 15, 2021
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OTTAWA—Adults from racialized communities disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic should be prioritized for shots in the second stage of the vaccination campaign, says new guidance from Canada’s national advisory committee on immunization. The advice also would see all essential workers who can’t do their jobs from home moved into the second stage, instead of…

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Feds Expect Pfizer to Start Ramping up Vaccine Deliveries to Canada This Week

February 15, 2021
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OTTAWA—Canada’s sluggish COVID-19 vaccination efforts are expected to get a big boost starting this week as the federal government prepares for a ramp up in the delivery of shots from Pfizer-BioNTech following a month-long lull. The Public Health Agency of Canada has stated on its website that it expects more than 335,000 doses of the…

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Questions Remain Over Canada’s Vaccination Drive Amid Delays and Fresh Applications

February 1, 2021
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Canada’s national vaccine rollout seems poised to dominate COVID-19 discussions in the coming week as Canada enters the 11th month of life during a global pandemic. The federal government, which is overseeing the nationwide effort, has been facing strong criticism as it struggles to ensure there are enough immunization doses to go around. The two…

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Canada’s Vaccine Delays Latest in ‘Pandemic Management Failures,’ Says Drug Company Exec Behind H1N1 Vaccine Rollout

January 1, 2021
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Canada is lagging significantly behind other G7 countries in its vaccine rollout—the latest in a series of critical “pandemic management failures” by the federal government, says the former CEO of pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline. Before retiring in 2012, Paul Lucas served as president and CEO of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Canada for 16 years. He was intimately involved…

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Ontario Ramps up Vaccinations as Moderna Vaccine Starts Arriving in the North

December 29, 2020
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Ontario is ramping up its COVID-19 vaccinations after facing criticism for scaling down operations over the holidays, while the Moderna vaccine has started arriving in Canada’s North. Retired Gen. Rick Hillier, who is leading Ontario’s vaccine program, said the decision to close clinics over Christmas Day and Boxing Day was the wrong one. “We’ve heard…

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