weather c
Vancouver
airing now
91.5FM
|
91.5HD2
airing now
8.85 c
Edmonton
airing now
|
91.5 FM
91.5 HD2

Canada will get no doses of vaccine from Pfizer at all next week: Major-General Dany Fortin

BY , Jan 20, 2021 1:02 AM - REPORT AN ERROR

A health-care worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic in Toronto on Thursday, January 7, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Anita Anand

Canadian leaders and health officials are promising that a slowdown in delivery of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine will only be temporary.

But Major-General Dany Fortin says Canada will get no doses of vaccine from Pfizer at all next week.

Fortin, the vice-president of operations at the Public Health Agency of Canada, says this week's shipment is almost one-fifth smaller than expected.

He says Pfizer is still expected to meet its contractual obligation to ship 4 million doses to Canada by the end of March.

Pfizer is upgrading its plant in Belgium, which is causing the delay.

Latest News

Share on

Sign up for the newsletter

We'll deliver best of entertainment right into your inbox
We love to hear from our listeners, so feel free to send us message
whatsUp icon
Message us on whatsapp