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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada s National Research Council-owned Royalmount facility will produce millions of Covid-19 vaccine shots developed by Maryland-based Novavax. The Canadian company in Montreal submitted its vaccine to Health Canada for regulatory approval last Friday. Its production is expected to start in the fall this year as the global market is contending with delivery delays and protectionist measures, Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday. This is a major step forward to get vaccines made in Canada, for Canadians. We need as much domestic capacity for vaccine production as possible, Trudeau said at a press conference in Ottawa. We won t rest until every Canadian who wants a vaccine has received one.
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Canada signs deal to produce Novavax s COVID-19 vaccine domestically eventually