About 14.6 per cent of the Canadian adult population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to new figures from the Public Health Agency of Canada. "Our distribution tempo will keep on increasing, with over 40 million doses scheduled by end June and more than 100 million doses by end September," he said. 3:03Fortin said the 1.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine received from the United States got authorization from Health Canada on Wednesday and are being delivered to the provinces already. Canada waiting for more Johnson & Johnson detailsCanada is expected to start receiving shipments of Johnson & Johnson's single-shot COVID-19 vaccine in April. On Tuesday, the New York Times reported that about 15 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine had been contaminated in a factory mix-up.

Source: CBC News April 01, 2021 17:21 UTC