Coronavirus tracker: Follow the spread of COVID-19 as cases rise in much of Canada. Inside Canada's largest COVID-19 outbreak in a federal prison. Currently, Canada lacks the capacity to manufacture the millions of doses of coronavirus vaccines needed to immunize people outside of a clinical trial setting. Providence's product is an mRNA vaccine and is similar to the Moderna coronavirus shot being given to people across Canada. Medicago in Quebec, currently conducting Phase 3 clinical trials, plans to mass-produce its COVID-19 vaccine in North Carolina if it gains regulatory approval.

Source: CBC News January 26, 2021 21:00 UTC