Montreal, Canada — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will receive the COVID-19 shot in public once those in his age group are in line to be vaccinated, he said in an interview broadcast Sunday.
Canada began vaccinating people in high-risk categories — including frontline health care workers and residents and staff of long-term care facilities — on December 14, with a relatively limited supply of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
“Absolutely,” Trudeau told the CBC public network in a year-end interview. “When my turn comes, I will do it publicly and enthusiastically.”
Trudeau added that he would follow the recommendations of public health experts.
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