Novavax s Vaccine Will Be Produced In Canada. What Do We Know About It?
Trials are ongoing, which allow a window into how well Novavax s vaccine stands up to emerging variants of COVID-19. Patricia Treble, Maclean s Updated
February 5, 2021
Dr. Sonia Macieiewski (R) and Dr. Nita Patel, Director of Antibody discovery and Vaccine development, look at a sample of a respiratory virus at Novavax labs in Gaithersburg, Maryland on March 20, 2020, for the coronavirus, COVID-19. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
On Feb. 2, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada will start producing COVID-19 vaccines. “We’ve signed a memorandum of understanding with Novavax to produce their COVID-19 vaccine at the new NRC [National Research Council] Royalmount facility in Montreal,” the PM said. “Pending Health Canada approval, tens of millions of Novavax COVID-19 doses will be made right here at home.”
How Quickly Will COVID-19 Vaccines Start Curbing The Pandemic In Canada?
If we vaccinate older people first, we should start to see reduced deaths and hospitalizations within a month, says one expert. Patricia Treble, Maclean s Updated
January 7, 2021
Josephee Adams, 70, a resident of the Iqaluit Elders’ Centre, is Nunavut’s first vaccine recipient. (Arctic Nursing Program). (CP/HO-Government of Nunavut)
More than 20,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered on Jan. 5, including a dose given to Josephee Adams, a 70-year-old resident of the Iqaluit Elders’ Centre, who was the first person in Nunavut to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
Territorial and provincial vaccination programs are ramping up: the 13,046 doses injected into the arms of Ontarians on Jan. 6 represents 18.3 per cent of all doses given out since the province’s program began on Dec. 14, according to data collected by the COVID-19 Canada Open Data Working Group.
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