How realistic are government timelines for vaccine rollout? (i.e. When can I get it?)
Vaxx Populi: We may not have 249,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine in Canada before 2021, but some predict half the population will be vaccinated by spring
December 15, 2020 Public Services and Procurement Minister Anita Anand speaks during a news conference Monday December 14, 2020 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
How realistic are government timelines for vaccine rollout?
Quick answer: While initial delivery timelines appear to be in jeopardy, the trend is toward a rapid buildup in Canada’s COVID-19 vaccination capacity. Goldman Sachs predicts half of us will get the vaccine by May.
Evening Brief: COVID-19 vaccinations begin By iPolitics. Published on Dec 14, 2020 6:05pm COVID vaccines arriving in Canada last month (Canada Border Services Agency photo)
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In the news we’ve been hoping for seemingly all year, the first of the COVID-19 vaccinations began in Quebec and Ontario, after arriving on Canadian soil last night.
Limited supplies of Pfizer’s BioNTech vaccine were administered at Toronto’s University Health Network for long-term care home staff, including nurses and personal support workers (PSW), beginning with Anita Quidangen a PSW of more than 30 years working at the Rekai Centre in downtown Toronto.
The Globe and Mail Justin Ling Published December 14, 2020
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The federal government says upgrades are necessary to Canada’s vaccine-tracking technology because of the “complex and fragile nature” of the COVID-19 vaccine, but it can’t explain why it started looking for a solution just weeks ago.
The first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrived in Canada on Monday. But the Public Health Agency of Canada, in a letter to industry, says there are still “mission critical” upgrades needed to their existing computer systems to manage the largest inoculation campaign in Canadian history.
Those systems will be crucial to tracking vaccine supply chains, from the manufacturer to injection. They are also needed to monitor storage and shelf life to avoid wasted doses, to track adverse reactions and to monitor progress in building immunity to the virus.
iPolitics By Charlie Pinkerton. Published on Dec 15, 2020 2:58pm (Andrew Meade/iPolitics)
The rollout of a second vaccine against COVID-19 could begin within days, with doses designated for the territories and Canada’s remote and Indigenous communities.
Moderna has agreed to send 168,000 doses of its vaccine to Canada this month, pending its approval by Health Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday.
“As soon as we get the green light, we’ll be ready to go,” Trudeau said at a news conference in Ottawa.
That approval seems likely to come in days, not weeks, and all Health Canada needs is documentation from Moderna about the vaccine’s manufacture, which the department expects to get by the end of the week, said Dr. Supriya Sharma, Health Canada’s chief medical adviser.
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