Category: Pfizer BioNTech

Chinese Netizens Welcome Pfizer Vaccines, Pass Up Free Chinese Vaccines

On April 13, Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group (Fosun Pharma) announced that the first batch of Pfizer vaccines had arrived in China and clinical applications were to be strictly monitored by China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA).  Many netizens planned to get the imported Pfizer vaccine, even at their own expense, foregoing the potentially free domestic vaccine….


Trudeau Sending Help to Ontario as Pfizer Vaccine Supply Bolstered by 8 Million Doses

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says more doses of COVID-19 vaccines are coming soon from Pfizer-BioNTech, and the federal government will deploy the Canadian Red Cross to help Ontario with their mobile vaccination teams. Trudeau announced Friday a contract with Pfizer for an additional eight million doses of their vaccine, hours after Canada said its incoming…


Canada to Get 1 Million Vaccine Doses This Week With Only Pfizer Delivery Scheduled

OTTAWA—The recent flood of COVID-19 vaccine doses into Canada is expected to wane this week, with a little more than 1 million shots scheduled for delivery over the next seven days. Canada has fielded vaccine deliveries from various pharmaceutical firms in recent weeks amid dramatic spikes in COVID-19 case counts across the country. Yet the…


Vaccine Rollout Boosted by Surge in Expected Deliveries

OTTAWA, Ill.—Canada’s COVID-19 vaccination drive is poised to shift into high gear this week as the federal public health agency prepares to take delivery of the largest number of doses since the launch of the immunization effort. More than 1.94 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are set to arrive this week, alongside 846,000 shots…


Canada’s Vaccine Rollout Boosted by Surge in Expected Deliveries

OTTAWA, Ill.—Canada’s COVID-19 vaccination drive is poised to shift into high gear this week as the federal public health agency prepares to take delivery of the largest number of doses since the launch of the immunization effort. More than 1.94 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are set to arrive this week, alongside 846,000 shots…


Canada Set to Receive More Than 910,000 Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines This Week

OTTAWA—Canada is set to receive 910,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses this week as pharmaceutical companies ramp up deliveries to make good on their contractual obligations by the end of the month. The Public Health Agency of Canada says the country will receive nearly 445,000 shots from Pfizer-BioNTech for the second week running as the companies settle…


Oxford AstraZeneca Vaccine for COVID-19 Needs Better Promotion: Experts

VANCOUVER—Essential workers who are more likely to contract and transmit COVID-19 should be prioritized for immunization with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine now that a national panel is not recommending it for seniors, two experts say. Caroline Colijn, a COVID-19 modeller and mathematician at Simon Fraser University, and Horacio Bach, an adjunct professor in the division of…


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

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…


Kentucky Storm Holds up Canadian Vaccine Delivery as Shipper Hurries to Catch Up

OTTAWA—The “big lift” for Canada’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts this week has been sideswiped by a big snowdrift. UPS temporarily closed its operations in Louisville, Ky., Monday because the city received more than 15 cm of snow. While Canada’s doses of vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech are made in Belgium, they are being shipped through UPS, which flies…


Poll Finds Most Canadians Blame Federal Government for Vaccine Delays

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…