The delays from Moderna follow more than a month of reduced shipments of the only other COVID-19 vaccine approved in Canada, which is made by Pfizer-BioNTech. But unlike Pfizer, which is supposed to send doses to Canada weekly, Moderna shipments arrive every three weeks. Canada had received and distributed almost 1.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of Feb. 4, according to the latest figures from the federal government. Canada has purchased 20 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which has already been approved in the United Kingdom and European Union. Canada is also pulling 1.9 million doses of that vaccine from COVAX, a World Health Organization initiative to ensure fair access to COVID-19 shots around the world.

Source: thestar February 08, 2021 19:47 UTC