Canada Facing Limited COVID-19 Vaccines, but Expects to Receive One Million Doses a Week in April

Canada Facing Limited COVID-19 Vaccines, but Expects to Receive One Million Doses a Week in April
Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, Vice-President of Logistics and Operations at the Public Health Agency of Canada (R), and Deputy Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Howard Njoo participate in a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa, Canada, on Dec. 30, 2020. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press
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Government officials say Canada is currently facing a limited supply of COVID-19 vaccines to distribute and vaccinate at scale, but the country can expect to receive over one million doses a week starting April.
Canada’s COVID-19 logistics team is facing challenges helping provinces and territories “ramp up” their vaccination programs due to limited supplies of vaccines on hand, said Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, vice president of Logistics and Operations at Public Health Agency Canada, on Thursday. But the team expects to receive more than a million doses of Pfzier and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines per week beginning in April.