(Rafiq Maqbool/The Associated Press)Federal government turns to the military to oversee logistics of COVID-19 vaccine distributionThe federal government has chosen a senior military commander to lead its COVID-19 vaccine distribution effort as the country prepares for a massive inoculation campaign. Fortin was entrusted earlier this year in planning Armed Forces missions into long-term care homes devastated by coronavirus outbreaks. Canada does not currently have the specific capacity to manufacture a COVID-19 vaccine, unlike Western nations including Germany, France and Italy and middle-income countries like Mexico and Argentina. If you have symptoms of the illness caused by the coronavirus, here's what to do in your part of the country. For full coverage of how your province or territory is responding to COVID-19, visit your local CBC News site.

Source: CBC News November 27, 2020 21:10 UTC