Feb. 7: South Africa pivoting to Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer vaccines after AstraZeneca testing showed it gave minimal protection against mild to moderate infection caused by the country’s dominant coronavirus variant
The Globe and Mail Jessie Willms and Lacy Atalick Published February 4, 2021 Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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Good evening, here are the coronavirus updates you need to know tonight.
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Last summer, the government asked every vaccine maker if they could make doses in Canada and all of them concluded they could not.
The government expects another disruption in shipments from Moderna on top of a 22-per-cent cut to this week’s delivery.
Coronavirus Update: Canada’s death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 20,000 Jessie Willms Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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Good evening, here are the coronavirus updates you need to know tonight.
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30,596 cases were reported,
3,466 people are being treated in hospitals and
705,663 others are considered recovered.
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2.5 doses for every 100 people in Canada.
Sources: Canada data is compiled from government websites, Johns Hopkins and COVID-19 Canada Open Data Working Group; international data is from Johns Hopkins University.