Canada COVID-19 Vaccine

• Feds won’t buy tobacco company’s stake in Medicago to free up COVID vaccines: minister

  Innovation, Science and Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said the government is "working on a solution" after the WHO rejected the vaccine because of its tobacco ties.

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  Jul 7, 2022
  
• Canada will decide on whether to approve COVID-19 shot for kids under 5 by mid-July

  Health Canada said it expects to reach a decision by mid-July on whether to approve Moderna's shot for children between six months and five years old.

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  Jul 5, 2022
  
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• WHO rejects Medicago’s COVID-19 vaccine due to ties to tobacco giant

  The first Canadian-made COVID-19 vaccine by Medicago has been rejected by the World Health Organization (WHO) due to its ties to a major tobacco company.

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  Mar 25, 2022
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• At least one million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been wasted in Canada: survey

  The survey suggests at least 1,016,669 doses have been rejected since vaccines first arrived last December, about 2.6 per cent of the entire supply.

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  Nov 19, 2021
• Canada pauses COVID-19 vaccine deliveries as supply outpaces demand

  A federal government spokesman says suppliers have been asked to hold off sending any more doses to Canada for the time being.

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  Sep 22, 2021
• Most Canadians unsympathetic to unvaccinated who get sick with COVID-19, poll finds

  The poll's findings come amid growing polarization between Canada's vaccinated and unvaccinated populations, with experts calling the divide "dangerous."

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  Aug 18, 2021
• New Moderna plant opening in Canada, but we still don’t know where

  Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel would not say Tuesday where the plant will be located — saying those kinds of details will be worked out in the coming months.

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  Aug 10, 2021
• Canada could give 75% of adults first vaccine jab by mid-June, NACI says

  If provinces stretch vaccine dose intervals up to four months, as NACI recommended Wednesday, 75 per cent of Canadian adults could get their first jab by mid-June.

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  Apr 7, 2021
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• Health Canada preparing for quick approval of COVID-19 boosters

  The currently approved COVID-19 vaccines offer excellent protection, officials said, but they're also standing by to approve any needed boosters.

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  Mar 4, 2021
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• ‘A senicide’: Strategic missteps, logistical hurdles plague Ontario’s early vaccine rollout

  The initial weeks of Ontario's vaccine rollout was marred by poor planning, coordination and a failure to get vaccines into long-term care homes quickly, experts say.

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  Jan 23, 2021