TORONTO SUN: Canada expecting to receive 3.3M vaccine doses this week
OTTAWA — Canada is scheduled to receive a flood of new COVID-19 vaccine doses this week, with around 3.3 million shots due for delivery from different pharmaceutical companies over the coming days.
The expected influx would mark the single-largest week of deliveries into Canada since the start of the pandemic, thanks to planned shipments from three different sources.
...Global news: COVID-19 outbreak connected to wedding in Waterloo Region, Public Health says
A second COVID-19 outbreak has been connected to one place of worship in the region, according to Waterloo Public Health.
The agency says that there have been five people who have tested positive for the coronavirus in connection with a wedding held at the place of worship.
CBC News: Health Canada approves 4th COVID-19 vaccine as Pfizer agrees to accelerate deliveries
COVID-19 vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson is first single-dose vaccine to receive approval for use in Canada
Canada's national campaign to inoculate people against the novel coronavirus got good news on two fronts today: one vaccine maker now plans to accelerate its deliveries and federal regulators have cleared a fourth COVID-19 vaccine for use in this country.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today that, after negotiations with the federal government, vaccine manufacturer Pfizer has agreed to move up delivery of 3.5 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine — originally scheduled to arrive in the summer — to the next three months.
Full Article HereCBC News: Online portal to book COVID-19 vaccine appointment in Ontario to launch March 15
Retired general Rick Hillier is speaking at Queen's Park
An online portal for booking appointments for COVID-19 vaccines in Ontario is set to launch on March 15, the head of the province's immunization task force said Wednesday, but it will likely be months longer before many people are able to get a reservation.
The proposed schedule in the following weeks, Hillier said, will look something like this as long as supplies of vaccine stay steady:
- April 15: vaccinations begin for people 75 years old and over.
- May 1: vaccinations begin for people 70 years old and over.
- June 1: vaccinations begin for people 65 years and over.
- July 1: vaccinations begin for people 60 years and over.
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