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Canada Passes U.S. in Covid-19 Vaccinations After Slow Start

People with two doses near 50% as supply problem is solved
Surveys show greater willingness to get jab in Canada

A cyclist receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the Gilles Villeneuve racetrack in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in May.Photographer: Andrej Ivanov/Bloomberg

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By Shelly Hagan

July 18, 2021 at 7:25 PM UTC

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July 19, 2021 at 12:00 PM UTC

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Canada has fully vaccinated 48.8% of its population against Covid-19, overtaking the U.S. rate for the first time after a delayed start caused by procurement troubles and distribution bottlenecks.