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TORONTO After weeks of uncertainty, Moderna Inc. has confirmed to the Canadian government that it will deliver 1.3 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine next month. Between two shipments during the weeks of March 8 and March 22 the company will meet its first-quarter commitment of two million doses to Canada, Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin said Thursday during a federal press conference. âAs we head into spring, we are collectively gearing up for what we call the âramp-up phase.â We have been closely planning with provinces and territories to provide support to their immunization strategies,â said Fortin, the military general heading up vaccine logistics for the Public Health Agency of Canada.
With COVID-19 variants of concern continuing to spread across Canada, new national modelling shows that even the current level of public health measures will not be enough to prevent a resurgence of the virus nationwide. We could see a third wave that is even worse than the second or the first, said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Last Updated Feb 18, 2021 at 8:22 am PDT
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
Summary
Vaccine delivery to Canada expected to ramp in months ahead, federal officials say
Canada has already seen disruptions to its deliveries and these kinds of delays are always possible going forward
Federal officials say more than a million Canadians have received a COVID-19 vaccine shot so far
OTTAWA – New federal forecasts show in the months ahead we’re going to see an even bigger ramp up of COVID-19 vaccinations than first predicted.
With COVID-19 variants of concern continuing to spread across Canada, new national modelling shows that even the current level of public health measures will not be enough to prevent a resurgence of the virus nationwide. We could see a third wave that is even worse than the second or the first, said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.