Fortin said quality assurance backlogs, not production issues, have led to delays of about a week to 10 days for Moderna shipments. Four million more doses of that vaccine are expected by the end of May and deliveries are to come every two weeks instead of three. We re fully aware the provinces are making adjustments and we re trying to narrow this down as much as possible so that they don t find themselves in situations where they have to constantly react to perceived delays, Fortin said Thursday.
Ontario reported a new high of 4,736 new COVID-19 infections Thursday, along with 659 patients in intensive care and 29 more deaths. Associate chief medical officer Dr. Barbara Yaffe called the situation dire.
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With many parts of the country facing another surge in COVID-19 cases, the head of Toronto’s University Health Network (UHN) says vaccine efforts must be redirected to people in hot spots, where the risk of contracting the virus is higher.
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Nurse Brenda Lotakoun prepares a dose of the Moderna vaccine at a mobile clinic for employees of Apotex pharmaceuticals in Toronto, on Tuesday. Some clinics around the Toronto area have had to halt appointments because of vaccine shortages. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)