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A health-care worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a UHN COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Toronto on Thursday, January 7, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette February 02, 2021 - 1:07 PM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a tentative deal Tuesday with U.S. vaccine-maker Novavax to produce its product in Canada if the COVID-19 vaccine gets approved for use here. This is a major step forward to get vaccines made in Canada, for Canadians, Trudeau said.
But the agreement won t ease pressure on the government to get vaccines into Canada because it won t start delivering until late next fall.
Publishing date: Feb 02, 2021 • February 2, 2021 • 1 minute read •
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OTTAWA Canada has signed its first deal to allow a foreign coronavirus vaccine to be manufactured domestically, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday as cases began to drop steadily.
The Novavax Inc vaccine – still awaiting approval from Canadian regulators – will be produced in a new government facility in Montreal that is due to be finished later this year.
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Canada has no major vaccination manufacturing capacity and Trudeau’s Liberal government is under pressure over the slow pace of inoculations.
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WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 06: Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump supporters gathered in the nation’s capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. Samuel Corum/Getty Images/AFP
Any doubt that there is a perfect system must have been put to test with the unfortunate fallouts from the United States of America’s 2020 presidential elections.
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