coronavirus vaccine drugmakers will play a role in negotiations for earlier doses, Procurement Minister Anita Anand said Tuesday.The announcement came as the country secured an additional 20 million doses of Pfizer-BioNtech’s COVID-19 vaccine, which are expected to be distributed this year.By Thursday, at least 548,950 doses of the two-part vaccines had been administered, according to the latest numbers from the federal government.
Canada in agreement to buy 20M more Pfizer vaccines, Trudeau says However, this has not been without its challenges.As of Tuesday, 373,418 people in Canada had been vaccinated, data from covid19tracker.ca showed.Canada’s slow vaccination rollout has been labelled “embarrassing,” by public health experts, and.