Prognosis
Canada Has Reserved More Vaccine Doses Per Person Than Anywhere
- Trudeau accelerates plan to start giving shots to population
- First vaccines from Pfizer could be given next week, PM says
Source: Pfizer Inc.
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Canada already had enough potential Covid-19 vaccines secured to protect a population almost four times its size. It just added another 20 million doses to the pile and accelerated its vaccination calendar.
The government doubled its order from Moderna Inc. to 40 million doses, the U.S. pharmaceutical company said Monday. And the first 249,000 doses from another supplier, Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE, are set to arrive next week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday, kick-starting a vaccination campaign ahead of schedule.