Trudeau ‘Optimistic’ That Timeline for Rollout of COVID-19 Vaccines Can Be Accelerated

Trudeau ‘Optimistic’ That Timeline for Rollout of COVID-19 Vaccines Can Be Accelerated
A health worker prepares a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine to be administered in Fiumicino, near Rome's international airport on Feb. 11, 2021. Alessandra Tarantino/AP Photo
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is “optimistic” that his government’s timeline for vaccinating Canadians against COVID-19 can be accelerated as more shots are approved.

Trudeau says the plan to have doses administered to all Canadians who want one by the end of September didn’t factor in the arrival of new vaccines such as the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot.