Health Canada has announced that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for children between the ages of 5 and 11, the first vaccine to be used for this age group in the country. Health officials announced the decision in a press conference on Friday, with the specific timeline of the vaccine rollout to be announced…
Blood Clots May Be Linked to AstraZeneca Vaccine but Still Very Rare: Health Canada
OTTAWA—Health Canada says a new and extremely rare blood clotting syndrome may be linked to Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine but the benefits of the vaccine still far outweigh the risks. The conclusions come after the department’s drug regulatory experts completed a review of safety data, and are in line with those issued in Europe and the United…
Health Canada Investigating Blood Clot Reports After U.S. Pauses J&J Vaccine
OTTAWA—Health Canada says it is investigating reports a second vaccine may be linked to extremely rare cases of blood clots. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration issued a joint statement Tuesday recommending a “pause” in using the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine after six women developed…
Trudeau Offers Reassurance on AstraZeneca Safety as European Countries Suspend Use
MONTREAL—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is offering reassurances on the safety of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as more European countries suspend its use due to safety concerns. Germany today joined the list of countries pausing their use of the AstraZeneca vaccine over reports of blood clots in some recipients, even though European regulators say there’s no…
Health Canada to Announce Approval of Johnson and Johnson Vaccine Against COVID 19
OTTAWA—Health Canada is to announce approval of the COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson and Johnson this morning, according to multiple sources aware of the decision but not authorized to discuss it publicly. The federal regulator has found the evidence shows the vaccine is both safe and effective against the virus that causes COVID-19. It is the…
Health Canada ‘Days Away’ From Decision on Johnson & Johnson Vaccine
March 4, 2021
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OTTAWA—Health Canada is just “days away” from deciding whether to approve Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine. If that happens it will add a fourth option to Canada’s efforts to immunize our way to an end to the pandemic and the first to require only one dose. Coupled with a new recommendation Thursday that provinces delay…
Chief Medical Adviser Says Health Canada Preparing for Quick Approval of Boosters
OTTAWA—Canada’s chief medical adviser says her department is constantly receiving and reviewing any data on vaccines and COVID-19 variants and will be ready to quickly authorize needed boosters when they’re available. But Dr. Supriya Sharma said the three vaccines authorized in Canada so far offer excellent protection and, along with public health measures, can help…
Feds Hoping for AstraZeneca Shots This Week as Pfizer BioNTech Prepare Next Delivery
OTTAWA—The federal government hopes to start receiving doses of AstraZeneca’s recently approved COVID-19 vaccine this week as the flood of shots that flowed into Canada from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna last week partially subsides. Health Canada announced on Friday that it had approved the AstraZeneca vaccine, the third COVID-19 shot to have received regulatory approval since…
Health Canada Not Ready yet to Greenlight AstraZeneca Vaccine
OTTAWA—Health Canada is not yet ready to make a decision about approving the COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca, more than two weeks after it signalled the ruling could be imminent. The World Health Organization gave its seal of approval to AstraZeneca Monday, and if Health Canada follows suit, almost 500,000 doses could be shipped to Canada…
Novavax Submits Vaccine for Approval as Ottawa Seeks EU Reassurances on Export Rules
OTTAWA—The federal government is reviewing a new COVID-19 vaccine that has been submitted for regulatory approval. Maryland-based Novavax quietly applied on Friday for Health Canada to approve its vaccine, which studies have suggested is effective against the British and South African variants of the virus. The application comes less than two weeks after Ottawa finalized…
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