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Fortin said he expects provinces to increase the number of delivery sites capable of receiving vaccine shipments in the coming days. When we re at full speed, we re probably going to have a couple of hundred sites for Pfizer-BioNTech product. Once the doses arrive, provinces will administer the vaccine to people in priority population groups, including front-line health-care workers, as well as residents and employees at long-term care homes.
Squaring things away before vaccination
A worker makes preparations during a test run at a future COVID-19 vaccine centre in Osnabrueck, Germany, on Sunday. Across Germany, event arenas, trade fair halls, gymnasiums and other venues are being converted into vaccine centres, with many beginning test runs ahead of approval by European Union health authorities of the new vaccine. The first inoculations could begin by the end of December.(Alexander Koerner/Getty Images)
iPolitics By Kady O Malley. Published on Dec 14, 2020 6:01am Public Services Minister Anita Anand will appear before the House industry committee this morning. (Andrew Meade/iPolitics)
With the House of Commons now officially closed for the season,
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to spend the day in what his official itinerary describes as “private meetings,” including but not limited to chairing a pre-holiday cabinet huddle.
Although those discussions will, as always, take place behind firmly closed doors, it’s a good bet that Trudeau and his front-bench team will be keeping a close eye on the now-imminent launch of a cross-country COVID-19 vaccination campaign, the opening phase of which is set to get underway as early as tomorrow after the first batch of Pfizer vaccines touched down on Canadian soil last night.
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Greek soldiers set up UNHCR tents at a shooting range to accommodate refugees, in Lesbos Island, Greece, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. The UN refugee agency s Canadian representative says this year will see the lowest levels of refugee resettlement in recent history due to the COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Petros Giannakouris December 14, 2020 - 7:00 AM
OTTAWA - The year 2020 will go down as the worst for refugee resettlement in recent history, says the UN refugee agency s Canadian representative.
With nearly 168 countries implementing border and travel restrictions, millions of displaced people around the globe were stuck, unable to either return to their home countries or move to others.
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