Canada has signed an agreement to secure another 20 million vaccine doses as the global race for a COVID-19 vaccine intensifies. As a result, the federal government has now secured access to six leading vaccine candidates. "We've been guided by science since the very beginning and right now, both the COVID-19 vaccine task force and the immunity task force are doing important work to help us identify the most promising vaccine options and strategies," he said. There is no approved vaccine yet for COVID-19, though there are many in clinical trials and in development. Government buying syringes, swabs, needlesThe government is also procuring equipment and supplies needed for vaccine manufacturing and packaging, as well as immunization equipment such as syringes, needles and alcohol swabs.

Source: CBC News September 25, 2020 14:47 UTC