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Pfizer Delay Compounds Canada’s Problems in Vaccine Campaign

Low supplies, slow rollout to elder-care homes raise tensions
Trudeau still vows vaccines to all who want them by September

Canada has administered about 684,000 doses, enough to give first shots to about 1.8% of the population, according to Bloomberg’s vaccine tracker, though some people have already gotten two. — Canada has administered about 684,000 doses, enough to give first shots to about 1.8% of the population, according to Bloomberg’s vaccine tracker, though some people have already gotten two.
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By Sandrine Rastello and Kait Bolongaro

January 21, 2021 at 3:39 PM UTC

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January 21, 2021 at 8:51 PM UTC

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Canada came out No. 1 in the global race to secure vaccines against Covid-19, pre-ordering enough shots to inoculate its 38 million people three times over. You wouldn’t know it, though, from the pace of vaccinations.

Canada has administered about 684,000 doses, enough to give first shots to about 1.8% of the population, according to the Bloomberg Vaccine Tracker, though some people have already received two. That compares with about 7.6% in the U.K. and 5.2% in the U.S. Israel, leading all nations, has administered enough vaccine to give first shots to nearly a third of its population.