The latest vaccine approval comes as many Canadian public health experts expect a surge of new COVID\u002D19 infections in the fall and winter
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said a first batch of 780,000 of the new “bivalent” vaccines will be delivered to Canada from producer Moderna on Friday. By the end of September, 10.5 million doses should have arrived in the country.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“We know that the virus that causes COVID-19 is changing and mutating constantly. The virus will always be one step ahead of us, but we are closing the gap.” Sharma said Canada had not received an application from either Moderna or Pfizer to have that version of the vaccine approved but had reached out and expects one to arrive “as early as next week” from Pfizer.
The latest vaccine approval comes as many Canadian public health experts expect a surge of new COVID-19 infections in the fall and winter . The new vaccine approval was also accompanied by new guidance by the National Advisory Committee on Immunization on COVID-19 protection.Article content
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