WATCH | Some provinces won't hold back COVID-19 vaccine doses for 2nd shot:Some provinces won’t hold back COVID-19 vaccine doses for 2nd shot The National Video 3:38 The provinces are taking different approaches to distributing their first COVID-19 vaccine doses, which require two shots. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Health did say in a statement that the province's COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force will continue to closely monitor and assess the vaccine rollout. Several provinces, including Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, and British Columbia, are already aiming to do the opposite by providing available vaccine doses widely. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted this photo Thursday as he announced that the first shipment of doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine had arrived in Canada. The debate is playing out while a growing number of Canadians say they want to get a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it's available to them.

Source: CBC News December 24, 2020 22:17 UTC