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Canada’s Vaccine Push Plagued by Confusion, Erratic Supply

  • Health officials may mix-and-match vaccines to meet need
  • Country is second to approve Pfizer-BioNtech for adolescents
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Canada is considering allowing patients to receive two different types of Covid-19 vaccines as the country deals with shortages of shots from AstraZeneca Plc and Moderna Inc.

Federal health officials are closely watching a U.K.-based trial in which participants received two kinds of shots. Results are expected in the next month or so, Supriya Sharma, chief medical adviser at Health Canada, said Wednesday.