Premier Brian Pallister acknowledged Wednesday the doses Manitoba has agreed to buy from Providence Therapeutics for a vaccine that has yet to be approved by Health Canada may not help with supply shortages this year, but he says it will be ready for 2022.
Although there are only two vaccines currently approved for use by Health Canada at this time, researchers are hard at work developing other potential vaccines, including clinical trials in Halifax for two different COVID-19 vaccines.
We did the best we could â a conversation with the co-chair of Canada s vaccine task force
In recent weeks, the federal government has come in for heavy criticism over delays to vaccine deliveries and public anxiety over Canada s progress toward COVID-19 herd immunity. The co-chair of Canada s vaccine task force says many don t have a complete understanding of the complexities involved in making and distributing vaccines.
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Published Wednesday, February 10, 2021 10:33PM EST HALIFAX - Clinical trials have begun for another Canadian-made COVID-19 vaccine candidate, with three people receiving an initial dose on Wednesday. The Canadian Center for Vaccinology says the first of 108 healthy adult volunteers received injections in Halifax. The placebo-controlled study will administer two doses to each volunteer, 28 days apart. “It s a product of Canadian science, so it bodes well for the ability to make vaccines here. We all want to have vaccine manufacturing capacity in Canada,” said Dr. Joanne Langley, a vaccine researcher with the centre. She said that the pace of testing is careful, as different age groups, from younger to older, receive varying doses in a process that will unfold over the next two months.
What Canada could do to take advantage of the lull in COVID-19 vaccine shipments
While COVID-19 vaccination programs are well underway for high-risk populations, vaccine shipment reductions and ongoing uncertainty mean there is a lull potentially for weeks or even months before Canada sees a steady flow of supplies. So what can provinces do in the meantime to prepare for mass vaccination?
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