Officials said "appropriate action" will be taken in the wake of recent reports of queue-jumping at Fraser Health and Vancouver Coastal Health.

Nova Scotia and New Brunswick both now have thousands of doses of the Moderna vaccine on hand, with no plans to distribute them until at least next week.

As COVID-19 vaccination begins in Canada and the U.S., experts warn that less than 10 per cent of people in the world’s poorest countries will have access to vaccines.

Key tasks include delivery, logistics and administration, clinical guidance as well as public education and outreach.

Details are still scarce on how many doses of coronavirus vaccine the province might get or how they will be allocated. 

Canada is in talks with various coronavirus vaccine suppliers in order to negotiate earlier delivery dates, Minister of Public Services and Procurement Anita Anand said.

Airlines are now considering options ranging from a large plug-in freezer that can cost about as much as a small car to a multi-layered canister that uses liquid nitrogen to ship vaccines requiring a deep freeze.

Promising news surrounding COVID-19 vaccine candidates has prompted the City of Ottawa to prepare for the eventual local rollout.

The $12 billion ``envelop'' is part of a wider World Bank Group package of up to $160 billion to help developing countries fight the COVID-19 pandemic.