Procurement Minister Anita Anand says Canada doesn't need to approve additional vaccine candidates to meet its goal of inoculating everyone who wants a COVID-19 shot by September and that its target could be reached ahead of schedule. So that allows us to have 40 million doses of Moderna now in addition to our 20 million Pfizer doses," Anand said on Sunday in an interview on Rosemary Barton Live. Under the contracts it has signed, Ottawa can still buy 16 million more doses of the Moderna vaccine and 56 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech product. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau criticized provinces this week for leaving vaccines languishing in storage, while provincial officials demanded Ottawa ramp up delivery of the shots. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)Calls to approve other candidatesThe minister's comments come as Ottawa and the provinces butt heads over the pace of Canada's vaccine rollout.

Source: CBC News January 10, 2021 17:39 UTC