Health officials in Ontario said on Saturday that two confirmed cases of the new coronavirus variant first detected in the United Kingdom have appeared in the province — the first confirmed instances in Canada. "Scientifically it is highly likely that the immune response by this vaccine can also deal with this virus variant," Sahin said. 2:30Moderna said on Wednesday it expects the immunity induced by its COVID-19 vaccine would be protective against the variants reported in the U.K. The U.S.-based company said it plans to run tests to confirm its mRNA vaccine's effectiveness against any strain. Canada began rolling out the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine earlier this month and started distributing Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine across the country last Thursday.

Source: CBC News December 27, 2020 01:04 UTC