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Pfizer Urges Canada to Extract More Shots From Each COVID-19 Vaccine Vial

Pfizer and BioNTech say they will ship fewer COVID-19 vaccine vials to Canada if Health Canada agrees to change the vaccine label from five to six doses. In December 2020, hospital pharmacists in the United States discovered that the vaccine glass vials that supposedly can only hold five doses, allows for a sixth if they…


Ontario’s Vaccination Rollout Plan Facing Delays Amid Shortage of Pfizer Vaccines

Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout plan will slow down due to the announcement by Pfizer-BioNTech last week that it is temporarily delaying international shipments of the vaccines due to upgrading of its production facilities in Europe, Premier Doug Ford said on Jan. 19. “The news from the federal government today that Canada won’t get any new Pfizer…


Enough AstraZeneca CCP Virus Vaccine For ‘Entire Australian Population’: CMO

Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly has responded to concerns over the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine arguing that once regulators approve the vaccine, Australia will be a prime position to achieve herd immunity. Some of Australia’s medical community have raised concerns that the AstraZeneca vaccine does not meet the efficacy standards to effectively counter the CCP virus…


Australia Vaccine Rollout Brought Forward to Early March

Australia will roll out one of its COVID-19 vaccines earlier than expected, after the Pfizer/BioNTech inoculation looks set to be granted early approval from the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). The federal government had previously quoted the end of March as their expected roll-out date depending on the therapeutic approval. Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt said…