WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Manitoba said on Thursday it will buy 2 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine candidate now in early trials, becoming the first Canadian province to bypass the national government.
The provincial government bought the doses from Alberta-based Providence Therapeutics, Premier Brian Pallister said. The company is developing a candidate similar to those produced by Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc.
Alberta’s premier also said his government is pursuing vaccine supplies because of federal delays procuring doses internationally.
If approved by the regulator, Health Canada, Providence would supply Manitoba with its first 200,000 doses late this year at the earliest….
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