coronavirus vaccine than previously anticipated, Global News has learned.The government had promised that Canada would receive four million doses of Pfizer’s vaccine by the end of March.Sources from multiple premiers’ offices tell Global News it’s now expected to be only about 3.5 million doses.
One of the sources told Global News that Alberta’s total shipments for the first quarter of this year will be 13 per cent less than previously expected.Federal officials are expected to hold a technical briefing about vaccine distribution in Ottawa at 12 p.m.
ET. How can we get more vaccines faster? Experts say ‘it’s just not that easy’ The reduction stems, in part, from a production delay at Pfizer’s factory in Europe.