Mia Rabson
Reporter with the Canadian Press
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Deliveries of COVID vaccine doses to Canada to more than quadruple next week
A month-long slowdown in Canada's COVID-19 vaccine deliveries should end next week, with the single biggest shipment of vaccines from Pfizer and BioNTech to date and almost two million doses expected in the next month.
PM Narendra Modi promises India will 'do its best' to get COVID-19 vaccines to Canada
India will do what it can to get COVID-19 vaccines to Canada, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said after receiving a phone call from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday, February 10, 2021.
Survey suggests most Canadians believe COVID vaccines are safe, effective
Almost two in three Canadians surveyed recently said they trust COVID-19 vaccines to be both safe and effective.
Provinces must prepare to lock down again quickly in case variants take off: Tam
With new and more contagious variants of COVID-19 escalating in Canada, provincial governments lifting lockdown restrictions must be ready to slam them back into place at a moment's notice, Canada's chief public health doctor said on Tuesday, February 9, 2021.
Canada to require negative COVID test for travellers entering via land borders
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says starting next week, anyone arriving in Canada by land will also need to show a recent negative COVID-19 test.
Spring vaccinations could double in Canada if three more vaccines approved
The number of Canadians vaccinated in the spring could double if Health Canada gives the green light to all three vaccines it is currently reviewing.
Every vaccine maker was asked to produce doses in Canada and all said no: Anand
Every COVID-19 vaccine maker Canada signed a contract with last summer was asked if they could make the doses in Canada and all of them concluded they could not, Procurement Minister Anita Anand said on Thursday, February 4, 2021.
More vaccine confusion in Canada as Moderna slowdown continues
Procurement Minister Anita Anand said this week she is confident Canada's COVID-19 vaccine deliveries will only get better going forward but just hours after she made the remark, Canada's vaccine purchases got slammed again.
Canada inks agreement with Novavax to produce COVID vaccine at new Montreal facility
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a tentative deal Tuesday with U.S. vaccine-maker Novavax to produce its product in Canada if the COVID-19 vaccine gets approved for use here.
Canada makes trade retaliation plans in case EU breaks vaccine promise
Canada is putting together options to retaliate if Europe breaks its promise not to cut off Canada's shipments of COVID-19 vaccines, though Europe appears to be keeping that promise at least for now.