OTTAWA Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed Tuesday that there will be enough COVID-19 vaccines coming into the country to offer every eligible and willing Canadian their first shot by this summer, and enough doses for everyone to be fully vaccinated “by September.” “A one-dose summer sets us up for a two-dose fall, when we’ll be able to talk about going back to school, back to work, and back to more normality,” said the prime minister. Though, questions remain about when the federal government will be issuing clear guidance around what degree of risk certain activities pose to vaccinated people, and what Canadians can, and can’t do safely after their first and second COVID-19 shots.
https://www.afinalwarning.com/512190.html (Natural News) U.S.-based drugmaker Moderna Inc. said on April 16 that it will deliver fewer coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines than planned to countries outside the U.S., citing issues with its European supply chain.
The pharmaceutical and biotechnology company said the shortfall in doses affects expected deliveries for the second quarter in a number of countries but didn’t specify others beyond Canada and the U.K. The manufacturing problems won’t affect U.S. supplies.
In addition to the U.S., U.K. and Canada, Moderna has signed supply contracts with the European Union (EU), Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Switzerland, Colombia, Israel, Taiwan, Qatar and Singapore. A Moderna spokeswoman in Europe said EU and Swiss deliveries in the second quarter “are still expected to come in within expected ranges.”
Last Updated Thursday, May 6, 2021 4:13PM EDT Ontario reported a new milestone in its COVID-19 vaccination effort Thursday, logging more than 140,000 doses administered in a single day for the first time. Numbers released by the province Thursday morning showed that Ontario administered 141,038 vaccine doses on Wednesday, a new single day record. Ontario administered 132,603 doses on Tuesday; 88,871 doses on Monday; and just 53,880 doses on Sunday. The federal government published a vaccine distribution schedule weeks ago indicating that Pfizer would ramp up its deliveries drastically starting this week and the company appears to have delivered. Ontario is scheduled to receive close to 800,000 Pfizer doses per week through to the end of May and that figure is set to rise to around 940,000 doses per week in each week of June.
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Canada’s decision to extend the period between doses of the COVID-19 vaccines, as well as a modest increase in supply in recent weeks, have allowed us to catch up with some of our international peers on administering first doses. But given the ongoing scarcity of vaccines, and questions over deliveries from certain manufacturers, there may soon come a time when it will be necessary to mix and match doses. We need clarity from public health officials on whether it will be allowed in this country.
As of May 4, about 38 per cent of the population has received one dose. This compares favourably with the European Union, where about 34 per cent have received their first dose. However, Canada lags far behind many other countries in terms of the number of people who have been fully vaccinated: only three per cent of Canadians have received both doses, compared to nine per cent in the EU.