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OTTAWA The Canadian military’s surgeon general says the Canadian Armed Forces have received enough doses of the Moderna vaccine to immunize 1,200 members against COVID-19.
Maj.-Gen. Marc Bilodeau says the first priority group to receive a vaccine will be CAF health-care providers who work in high-risk clinics and long-term care facilities.
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He says 1,200 of them are expected to get Moderna vaccine by the end of February.
On Jan. 7, Pte. Connor Doucette, a member of 2 Field Ambulance at Garrison Petawawa, was the CAF member to receive the COVID-19 vaccine from the Canadian Forces health-care system as a result of the Priority 1 designation due to their occupation as a medical technician, according to a post on the Canadian Armed Forces Facebook page.