COVID-19.However, more than 832,000 people have recovered after contracting the respiratory illness in Canada. Provinces, territories can wait 4 months to administer 2nd COVID-19 shot, NACI says The new cases and deaths come as the country received its first shipment of the newly-approved AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine.Health Canada greenlit the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday.Half a million doses arrived in the country on Wednesday from the Serum Institute of India.Speaking at a press conference in Ottawa on Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the national operation centre has coordinated with the provinces and territories to distribute the vaccines.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“Our.