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Canada receives 1M Moderna doses early; 2 more deaths linked to AstraZeneca
by Michael Ranger
Last Updated May 5, 2021 at 11:47 am EDT
A COVID-19 vaccine is prepared in Toronto, ON (Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
Canada is receiving a shipment of one million Moderna vaccine doses on Wednesday, a week earlier than expected.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement on Tuesday at his regular COVID-19 update, saying the shipment is getting picked up in Europe on Tuesday night.
He said the doses would arrive on Canadian soil by Wednesday morning. It will mark the largest Moderna shipment to date.
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OTTAWA Amid a flurry of fear and frustration over new advice from Canada’s national vaccine advisers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Canadians Tuesday if they want this pandemic to end, they still need to get vaccinated as soon as they can.
“The most important thing is to get vaccinated with the first vaccine offered to you,” he said in question period. “It is how we get through this.”
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That is the same advice federal and provincial health officials have been giving Canadians since the first vaccines were approved in December. But it is in direct contrast to advice given Monday by the National Advisory Committee on Immunization.
Canada receiving 1 million Moderna doses a week earlier than expected
by Michael Ranger, Cormac Mac Sweeney
Posted May 4, 2021 11:55 am EDT
Last Updated May 4, 2021 at 2:09 pm EDT
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference in Ottawa on Friday, April 23, 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Canada is receiving a shipment of one million Moderna vaccine doses a week earlier than expected.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement at his regular COVID-19 update, saying the shipment is getting picked up in Europe on Tuesday night.
He says the doses will arrive on Canadian soil by Wednesday morning. It will be the largest Moderna shipment to date.