Trudeau says good riddance to 2020, Canada to get 500k doses

 

Trudeau says good riddance to 2020, Canada to get 500k doses

TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday Canada will be getting 500,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine in January and that Canadians will be soon be saying “good riddance to 2020.”

But Anita Anand, the Minister of Public Services and Procurement, said Canada won’t have enough doses for all those who wish to be vaccinated until the end of September, 2021.

Inoculations began for the current week as Canada was among the first to affirm and convey the Pfizer-BioNTech antibody. Trudeau anticipates 125,000 dosages one week from now and 255,000 this month.

 

Trudeau additionally said he hopes to get 168,000 dosages of the Moderna antibody before the finish of December, forthcoming administrative endorsement. 

Wellbeing authorities hope to support Moderna immunization soon. 

Trudeau said Canada has the most immunizations made sure about per capita, and the most assorted arrangement of antibody choices on the planet.

However, he said an antibody in a week or in a month won't help you in the event that you get Coronavirus today. 

"Our battle against this infection isn't finished, even as we're getting ready to bid farewell - and no love lost - to 2020," Trudeau said.

 

Canada averaged 6,650 new cases in the last week. Ontario, the most populous province, is considering further restrictions. Toronto, Canada’s largest city, is on lockdown.

Canada eventually plans to donate excess doses to impoverished countries.