Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and a number of senior cabinet ministers will speak to Canadians this morning as the Omicron variant stretches hospital capacity nationwide. An additional 9.3 million doses of the Moderna Spikevax vaccine and 6.8 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty adult/adolescent formulation will arrive in Canada this month, according to data supplied by Health Canada. Last week, 500,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine arrived, with another 6.3 million to follow this month. Provinces and territories currently have 2.9 million doses of the Pfizer product and more than 9 million doses of Moderna’s Spikevax on hand. NACI has urged provinces to be “prudent” about using Pfizer in people aged 30 and over to “ensure timely and equitable access” for the younger cohort, the Health Canada spokesperson said.

Source: CBC News January 23, 2022 05:56 UTC