SHARE ON: |
| |
| |
 |
 |
|
|
The federal government has announced that Pfizer-BioNTech will move up a shipment of its vaccines slated for delivery in late summer to June, bringing the total vaccine count from the pharmaceutical giant to more than nine million doses for that month alone.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday the new total – up from an original target of more than four million – is in addition to the scheduled batches from Moderna and AstraZeneca.
Canada is set to receive its largest shipment of vaccines – 3.3 million – this week from a variety of producers, followed by one million a week from Pfizer alone until the end of May. The government maintains the country is still on its way to obtain 44 million vaccine doses by the end of June.
Procurement Minister Anita Anand also announced on Tuesday that deliveries of the one-shot Johnson Johnson vaccine will start at the end of April.
In a subsequent interview on CTV News Channel’s Power Play, Anand said the government did not pay a extra to accelerate the timeline of Pfizer doses to arrive in Q2.
“We do not pay extra for them to move those doses from one quarter to the next. The result of our negotations and Canada’s considerable pressure on the supplier has been useful, and they are responding by providing more and more doses earlier and earlier for which we are grateful,” she said.
As Canada embarks on its highly anticipated ramp-up phase of the national mass immunization campaign, certain provinces are facing a daunting third wave of the virus and its mutations.
The highest populated provinces are seeing the biggest uptick. Ontario health officials reported 2,336 new cases, and 14 deaths on Tuesday, while Quebec reported 864 new cases and seven additional deaths. Meanwhile British Columbia is reporting 777 new cases as the province heads into a three-week “circuit breaker” lockdown.
Trudeau said while vaccinations are making a difference in places including long-term care residences, the rate of hospitalizations is increasing across the country.
“Variants of concern, which can spread more easily and make people even sicker, are increasing quickly,” he said, adding that the federal government’s support is readily available to provinces that need to enforce further restrictions.
He also cautioned against any unnecessary gatherings heading into the Easter long weekend.
I know Ive said the same thing before every major holiday over the last year but this time whats different is that even if the end of the pandemic is in sight, the variants mean the situation is even more serious. Were entering the final stretch of this crisis, we just need to stay strong a little longer, Trudeau said.
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
4 pm |
| 16 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
WIND: WNW 27 KM/H
GUSTING TO 53 KM/H |
|
|
|
5 pm |
| 16 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
WIND: WNW 24 KM/H
GUSTING TO 44 KM/H |
|
|
|
6 pm |
| 14 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
WIND: WNW 23 KM/H
GUSTING TO 43 KM/H |
|
|
 |
7 pm |
| 13 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
WIND: WNW 19 KM/H
GUSTING TO 35 KM/H |
|
|
|
8 pm |
| 10 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
WIND: WNW 19 KM/H
GUSTING TO 34 KM/H |
|
|
|
9 pm |
| 8 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
WIND: WNW 18 KM/H
GUSTING TO 32 KM/H |
|
|
|
10 pm |
| 6 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
WIND: WNW 16 KM/H
GUSTING TO 29 KM/H |
|
|
|
11 pm |
| 5 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
WIND: WNW 16 KM/H
GUSTING TO 29 KM/H |
|
|
|
 |
TODAY |
HIGH OF 16 ℃
LOW OF 5 ℃ |
| BROKEN CLOUDS |
|
|
|
THURSDAY |
HIGH OF 15 ℃
LOW OF 0 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
|
|
 |
FRIDAY |
HIGH OF 15 ℃
LOW OF 2 ℃ |
| LIGHT RAIN |
|
|
|
SATURDAY |
HIGH OF 15 ℃
LOW OF 6 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
|
|
|
SUNDAY |
HIGH OF 16 ℃
LOW OF 4 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
|
|
|
MONDAY |
HIGH OF 22 ℃
LOW OF 7 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
|
|
|
TUESDAY |
HIGH OF 17 ℃
LOW OF 9 ℃ |
| BROKEN CLOUDS |
|
|
|
WEDNESDAY |
HIGH OF 17 ℃
LOW OF 7 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
| Buy One Get One 50% Off On BURST Oral Probiotics! |
| |
| Buy one Oral Probiotic, get a second for 50% off. Mix and match allowed. Adult Oral Probiotics includes one packet of Teeth Whitening Breath Strips plus one refillable Floss... |
| |
| Kids Oral Probiotics includes one packet of Kids Flossables. Mix and match allowed. |
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
 |
 |
ALL MEN MUST DIE
LOST CONNECTION
04:13 PM |
|
 |
LIFT THE CURSE
ITS ALIVE
04:09 PM |
|
 |
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH
CROSSING OVER
04:06 PM |
|
 |
FROM FALL TO SPRING
TAKE THE PAIN AWAY
04:03 PM |
|
 |
GREEN DAY
POPROCKS AND COKE
04:00 PM |
|
 |
SKY FALLS DOWN
DEAD SKIN
03:56 PM |
|
 |
SILENT THEORY
BURN IT ALL DOWN
03:53 PM |
|
 |
DEF LEPPARD
I WANNA TOUCH U
03:50 PM |
|
 |
KONGOS
IM ONLY JOKING
03:43 PM |
|
 |
LETLIVE
27 CLUB RENDITION
03:41 PM |
|
 
 |
