OTTAWA - International Development Minister Karina Gould says the first injection of a COVID-19 vaccine in Ghana is a significant milestone for a new gl.
But within hours of the statement, potential deliveries from the global vaccine-sharing initiative known as the COVAX Facility diminished and Canada learned the production problems that cut this week s deliveries from Moderna by 20 per cent are now going to affect the next shipment as well.
Moderna was to deliver almost 250,000 doses to Canada the third week of February. It hasn t said yet what the impact will be.
A spokeswoman for Moderna told The Canadian Press the company remains on track to meet its contract to supply two million doses of its vaccine by the end of March.
They are but the latest headaches for Canada s vaccine efforts, coming after supply constraints cut Pfizer-BioNTech deliveries by more than two-thirds over four weeks, and European export controls that could put our entire supply of vaccines at risk.
What is COVAX and why is Canada getting backlash for receiving vaccines from it?
The Canadian government is finding itself on the defensive for its decision to receive COVID-19 vaccines from the global vaccine-sharing initiative known as COVAX. Here’s what you need to know about the controversy.
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Posted: Feb 05, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: February 5
A health worker shows a vial of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Rio de Janeiro earlier this month. The news that Canada will receive at least 1.9 million AstraZeneca doses through the COVAX initiative has sparked backlash.(Silvia Izquierdo/The Associated Press)
OTTAWA Procurement Minister Anita Anand said this week she is confident Canada's COVID-19 vaccine deliveries will only get better going forward but just hours after she made the remark, Canada's vaccine purchases got slammed again. "The worst week was last week," Anand said in an interview with The Canadian Press Tuesday night. But within hours of the statement, potential deliveries from the global vaccine-sharing initiative known as the COVAX.
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