MONTREAL, Canada — The first doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine are due to arrive in Canada before the end of December, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday.
Canada began delivering the Pfizer-BioNTech shot on Monday and is now set to get up to 168,000 doses of Moderna’s vaccine, which has not yet been approved by national regulators.
“Canada is now contracted to receive up to 168,000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine before the end of December, pending Health Canada approval,” Trudeau told a news briefing.
“These doses are part of the guaranteed 40 million we have secured from Moderna, and deliveries could begin within 48 hours of regulatory approval,”…
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