Canada Covid Vaccines

• COVID-19 vaccines in Canada’s stockpile starting to expire as uptake slows

  The 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.

  Canada

  Apr 13, 2022
  
• Severe illness not rising as fast as ‘enormous’ number of Omicron infections: Tam

  While 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.

  Canada

  Jan 7, 2022
  
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• Everest to bring Canada’s Providence Therapeutics’ COVID-19 vaccine to China

  Everest Medicines signed a licence agreement with Providence Therapeutics to make and sell the biotechnology company's potential mRNA COVID vaccines in some Asian countries.

  Health

  Sep 13, 2021
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• University profs hope ‘domino’ effect will make COVID-19 vaccine mandate a campus norm

  Many academics applauded the long-called-for policy shift, while others have raised concerns that some schools' protocols don't go far enough.

  Canada

  Aug 13, 2021
• Vaccine Hunters Canada to wind down operations by Aug. 31

  Vaccine 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.

  Canada

  Aug 5, 2021
• Canada donating 17.7M AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines amid global disparities

  Canada continues to rapidly ramp up vaccinations against COVID-19 but there remain stark inequities in vaccine access globally, the WHO has warned.

  Canada

  Jul 12, 2021
• Trudeau receives Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for 2nd dose

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as their first dose.

  Canada

  Jul 2, 2021
• 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.

  Canada

  Jun 23, 2021
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• Canada set to receive 5.2M COVID-19 vaccine doses this week

  Around 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.

  Canada

  Jun 21, 2021
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• Canada secures 1.4M more Moderna doses for June, bringing month’s vaccine total to over 20M

  Canada is poised to receive around 9.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses this week thanks to a massive infusion of shots from Moderna.

  Health

  Jun 14, 2021