Canada Signs Deal With Novavax to Make Its COVID-19 Vaccine at New Montreal Facility
A health-care worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a UHN COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Toronto on Jan. 7, 2021. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press
OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a tentative deal Tuesday with U.S. vaccine-maker Novavax to produce its product in Canada if the COVID-19 vaccine gets approved for use here.
“This is a major step forward to get vaccines made in Canada, for Canadians,'' Trudeau said.
