Canada to receive 2.3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses this week

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The federal government is expecting to receive more than 2.3 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this week, as public health officials brace for a potential fourth wave of infections.

Ottawa has already received more than 66 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, enough to fully immunize all eligible Canadians.

Speaking to reporters on Friday, Dr. Theresa Tam said an updated national modelling for the pandemic trajectory suggests that the highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 could drive a fourth wave of infections. "While some resurgence is expected as measures are eased, this updated model shows that if we maintain current levels of community-wide contacts, we would expect to see a modest increase in cases."

Canada reported an average of 640 new cases over the past seven days, she said, which is still 93 per cent lower than the peak of the third wave.

 

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I feel for the misguided that got the AZ and a mRNA vaccine, have to wait to health Canada to authorize a third dose.

Why as looks like people no longer want to get jabbed

And I suppose they're all mRNA technology....

Most people now aren't going to get the jab knowing you can still become infected and infect others

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