OTTAWA, Canada – A general who led NATO’s mission in Iraq as well as Canadian troops in Afghanistan and Bosnia will spearhead efforts to immunise most Canadians against the novel coronavirus by September 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday.
“This will be the biggest immunisation in the history of the country,” Trudeau told a news conference.
“This will be a major effort,” he said. “But together Canada can, and will, do this.”
The first doses of vaccines — which are still undergoing expedited clinical trials — are expected to be rolled out in Canada at the start of 2021.
Public health officials said this week that three million Canadians, or ei…
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