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Health agency has no Moderna doses scheduled this week, with future amounts uncertain
BY , Feb 8, 2021 4:41 PM - REPORT AN ERROR
Amanda Parsons, a registered nurse on staff at the Northwood Care facility, administers a dose of the Moderna vaccine to Ann Hicks in Halifax on January 11, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Canada's COVID-19 vaccine drought could be coming to an end.
The Public Health Agency of Canada says Ottawa plans to distribute more than 70,000 Pfizer-BiotNTech vaccine doses this week ahead of a major ramp-up, but no Moderna doses are on the schedule.
Starting today, 70,200 Pfizer doses are expected to be delivered.
Next week, officials are expecting shipments of about 3,35000 doses, which would be the single biggest vaccine delivery to Canada so far.
Pfizer and Moderna's vaccines are the only two to be approved by Health Canada, though the department is reviewing others from AstraZeneca, Novavax, and Johnson and Johnson.
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