Canada Covid Vaccines
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COVID-19 vaccines in Canada’s stockpile starting to expire as uptake slowsThe 1.5 million doses that have expired since January amount to less than two per cent of the 118 million doses delivered to Canada since December 2020.CanadaApr 13, 2022
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Severe illness not rising as fast as ‘enormous’ number of Omicron infections: TamWhile evidence indicates Omicron's hospitalization risk is lower compared with Delta, the new variant’s rapid acceleration is driving a rise in hospital admissions, Tam said.CanadaJan 7, 2022
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Everest to bring Canada’s Providence Therapeutics’ COVID-19 vaccine to ChinaEverest Medicines signed a licence agreement with Providence Therapeutics to make and sell the biotechnology company's potential mRNA COVID vaccines in some Asian countries.HealthSep 13, 2021
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University profs hope ‘domino’ effect will make COVID-19 vaccine mandate a campus normMany academics applauded the long-called-for policy shift, while others have raised concerns that some schools' protocols don't go far enough.CanadaAug 13, 2021
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Vaccine Hunters Canada to wind down operations by Aug. 31Vaccine Hunters Canada grew in popularity to the point where the City of Toronto partnered with the team to help get COVID-19 shots into arms.CanadaAug 5, 2021
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Canada donating 17.7M AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines amid global disparitiesCanada continues to rapidly ramp up vaccinations against COVID-19 but there remain stark inequities in vaccine access globally, the WHO has warned.CanadaJul 12, 2021
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Trudeau receives Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for 2nd dosePrime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as their first dose.CanadaJul 2, 2021
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The U.S. updated COVID-19 rules for fully vaccinated citizens 41 days ago. When will Canada?The rapid spread of the highly infectious COVID-19 Delta variant across the world has prompted concern in recent weeks and new questions about whether rules should be eased.CanadaJun 23, 2021
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Canada set to receive 5.2M COVID-19 vaccine doses this weekAround 2.4 million are expected to come from Pfizer, though that shipment isn't slated to land until mid-week and has prompted some jurisdictions to pause walk-in appointments.CanadaJun 21, 2021
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Canada secures 1.4M more Moderna doses for June, bringing month’s vaccine total to over 20MCanada is poised to receive around 9.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses this week thanks to a massive infusion of shots from Moderna.HealthJun 14, 2021
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