8-million additional Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses expected for Canada by end of March
Posted March 10, 2021 8:31 pm.
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Vaccines are starting to flow into the country in greater numbers.
Major General Dany Fortin, who is coordinating the national distribution of vaccines, says Canada will receive eight-million doses by the end of March — thanks mainly to an increase in weekly Pfizer deliveries.
“Pfizer-BioNTech will be delivering doses to Canada ahead of schedule. This means starting March 22, we will now receive over 1-million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech weekly through April, so this is great news,” Fortin says.
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Bi-weekly deliveries of Moderna vaccines are projected to crack one-million by the middle of next month.
Another 1.5-million AstraZeneca doses are expected by the middle of May.
No timeline yet for deliveries of Johnson & Johnson.