“These syringes are in incredibly high demand right now—just like N95s were back in March,” Anand said. This “enables us to say confidently that the ability to draw six doses from the Pfizer vials with the appropriate equipment is well established,” Berthiaume said. Health officials have said for weeks that workers have been able to extract more than five doses from the Pfizer vials. She says it is possible that if more vaccines are approved by the Health Canada regulators, the supplies and the goal can be moved up. Ottawa says 1.3 million doses of the two authorized vaccines have been delivered to provinces so far.

Source: thestar February 09, 2021 15:30 UTC