Canada Vaccines

• Canada to face COVID-19 like yearly endemic flu due to variants, expert says

  According to Dr. Alan Bernstein, one way to deal with variants of concern would be for vaccine makers to adapt and modify their shots over the coming years.

  Canada

  May 9
• Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine effective at preventing severe outcomes from 2 variants: studies

  Two studies focused on the vaccine's usage in Israel and Qatar found that Pfizer's shot gave near total protection from the worst possible outcomes of contracting COVID-19.

  Health

  May 6
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• Health Canada holding back 1st batch of J&J COVID-19 vaccines over quality control issues

  A substance manufactured found in the batch of J&J vaccines, all from a plant where a separate batch of AstraZeneca shots were earlier found to be spoiled.

  Canada

  Apr 30
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• Canada surpasses 12 million COVID-19 vaccine jabs as rollout picks up speed

  At least 2.37 per cent of the population, or 900,000 people, have received two doses of the vaccine and are now fully immunized.

  Canada

  Apr 25
• EU won’t take extra 300M doses of AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson: source

  Recently, the EU has sought to buy more shots from Pfizer, stepping up its bets on the messenger RNA technology.

  World

  Apr 21
• Canada expecting 1M Pfizer vaccine doses this week after Moderna delays shipment

  Canada will have to wait a little longer for a promised influx of COVID-19 vaccines.

  Canada

  Apr 19
• Older Canadians still face barriers to getting vaccinated against COVID-19: report

  The analysis says the gap could lead to more deaths among the country's senior population and potentially stands in the way of Canada achieving herd immunity.

  Health

  Apr 15
• Trudeau pushes back on Ford’s criticism of federal COVID-19 vaccine procurement

  Trudeau defended Procurement Minister Anita Anand at a virtual Liberal fundraiser, saying she's doing "an incredible job" securing millions of doses ahead of schedule.

  Health

  Apr 1
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• Canada confirms delayed Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses will arrive next week

  Procurement Minister Anita Anand said the shipment of nearly 600,000 doses will bump the total number of vaccine doses Canada is set to receive next week to 3.2 million.

  Health

  Mar 25
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• Should vaccinated people across Canada get certain freedoms? Here’s what health experts say

  "I think it's the reasonable and (the) right thing to do," said Nathan Stall, a geriatrician at Sinai Health Toronto.

  Canada

  Mar 10