Canada, a country without its own domestic manufacturing pipeline, has been lagging in its vaccination efforts
The company intends to enroll about 6,750 children in Canada and the U.S.
Feds have agreement to buy up to 76 million doses of the vaccine if it is approved
Here’s what we know about the AstraZeneca vaccine:
Unfounded doubts about efficacy, safety will see some people have a hard time accepting updated advice
People in communities like Prince Rupert are being vaccinated all at the same time
COVID rules of six per table still apply to restaurants, pubs, bars
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered reassurances on the safety of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
Still NACI says if there is a choice, the mRNA vaccines should be prioritized for use on seniors
Prime minister said none of the doses Canada has received are from the batch linked to possible side-effects
Health minister says first 68,000 doses will be used to address clusters, community outbreaks
Data from Health Canada shows 0.085 per cent of doses resulted in an adverse reaction
Clinical trials are ongoing both for youth and for pregnant women
Executive director of the Canadian Public Health Association calls the lack of co-operation an ‘ongoing problem’
The province has so far only committed to vaccinating Indigenous adults over 65
It’s more than double the 444,600 doses originally expected next week
‘It is something that is not unexpected when a new product, a new vaccine, is used in large numbers of people’
European Medicines Agency confirms 30 blood clots out of around 5 million patients who received a dose
She’s optimistic Canadians can have one dose of an approved vaccine before the Tokyo Olympics
First Nations Health Authority says over 30,000 vaccinations administered, 54% of residents on reserves
