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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has confirmed that Canada will receive 125,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech per week in January, for a total of about 500,000 doses by the end of that month. This is in addition to the more than 200,000 doses scheduled to arrive next week, as well as the 168,000 doses of Moderna vaccine that should arrive by the end of December, pending Health Canada approval.
“Countries around the world continue to feel the pain of the second wave,” Trudeau said. “We have to take this very seriously, because the number continues to go in the wrong direction.”
“Our fight against this virus is not over, even as we prepare to say goodbye and escape well by 2020. It may be the holiday season, but we need to be more careful than ever.”
When asked about the US and its faster administration of COVID-19 vaccines, the Prime Minister stressed that Canada has “the best” portfolio of agreements for vaccine candidates, and Canada is “ahead of schedule”, with immunizations starting in December place January 2021.
“Americans have a challenging and successful health care system … we focus on our own process to ensure that as many Canadians as possible can be vaccinated as quickly as possible with safe and effective vaccines,” said Trudeau. .
He added that once a “significant proportion” of the population is vaccinated, the government will be able to consider relaxation restrictions.
The Prime Minister also spoke about the fact that CERB beneficiaries reimbursed funds, after letters sent to some who received the benefit, saying that he did not want it to be an “additional stress factor” during a holiday season that “does not he is already like others. “
“Rest assured, any mistakes of good faith will not be penalized, will not be pursued,” Trudeau said. “We will work with people in the coming weeks and months to make sure people get the support they need.”
“These letters should not be a source of anxiety for anyone.”
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