Coronavirus: Hajdu says decision on AstraZeneca vaccine expected in ‘near future’

Health Minister Patty Hajdu said Friday that while there is still “a lot of back and forth on the data,” Health Canada is poised to make a decision on the Oxford University-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in the “near future.” She said, however, that decision on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is “a little further out.”

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