iPolitics By Charlie Pinkerton. Published on Apr 23, 2021 4:02pm AstraZeneca s COVID vaccine (WikiMedia Commons photo)
Canada paid a higher price than other countries for AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine because it didn’t have the manufacturing capacity to make doses itself, Procurement Minister Anita Anand said Friday.
An email sent by a staffer in the Prime Minister’s Office on the eve of the announcement of Ottawa’s deal with AstraZeneca was made public last week, shining light for the first time on the exact price Ottawa paid for COVID vaccines.
The price it negotiated with AstraZeneca $8.18 apiece for 20 million doses was more than twice what some ally countries have reportedly paid.
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Canadians aged 30 and over can now receive the AstraZeneca vaccine, according to updated guidance from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization.
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NACI chair Dr. Caroline Quach-Thanh and vice-chair Dr. Shelly Deeks said Canadians may now get the AstraZeneca vaccine “if they do not want to wait for an mRNA vaccine.”
The agency was initially set to update its guidance on Tuesday, but decided to postpone while Health Canada analyzed COVID-19 activity in hot spots, and examined high incidence rates of variants of concern.