Toronto, April 1: In the last two days, the announcement of the local radio and television show that all of a sudden, the vaccination of corona has started in full swing. Because the federal government is more enthusiastic than ever before, and the people of Canada are getting their vaccines faster than expected. The capital, Ottawa, said three approved vaccine manufacturers were going to supply millions of additional doses. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau himself has said that under an agreement with the federal government, Pfizer-BioNTech will supply 5 million doses of the vaccine to Canada by the end of the summer to June. This means that the manufacturer of the vaccine will provide 17.8 million doses of vaccine in April-June, including 1 million doses per week in April-May and an additional 2 million doses per week in June.
Procurement Minister Anita Anand said the first dose of Johnson and Johnson vaccines would arrive by the end of April. However, the exact number of their supplies is not known. It is expected to arrive after being approved by Health Canada three weeks ago. The minister added that by the end of June, Canada will receive 4.4 million AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccines, which will come directly from India’s Serum Institute and the Covax Global Vaccine Initiative.
For such, Prime Minister Trudeau said, what we have been saying for months, and what we have planned for the province and territory since last year, will ensure an additional supply of vaccines from the end of March. Now, before the end of April, we have been able to deliver an additional 6 million doses of our promised target.
It is learnt that 3.2 million doses of vaccine are coming this week alone, which will bring the number of vaccination activities starting from December to 9 million. In the meantime, half the supply is coming to people under the age of 55 after the suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine. According to Minister Anand, 44 million doses of vaccine will arrive before Canada Day. It will make it possible to give the first dose of the vaccine to 31 million Canadians over the age of 16.
Yet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has warned Canadians to “stay strong a little longer” as the number of variants has risen, leading to an increase in hospital admissions across the country. He asked Canadians not to gather or have parties over the Easter/Passover weekend.
