COVID-19 vaccines “sooner than originally anticipated,” federal officials said Thursday.To date, more than 41 per cent of Canadian adults have received at least one vaccine dose, according to deputy chief public health officer Dr.
Howard Njoo. Herd immunity for COVID-19 may not be reached in Canada, experts say But based on the quantity of vaccines flowing into Canada over the next few weeks, officials say the vaccine timeline could be moving up.“I think if we look in the coming weeks and months, we’ll have sufficient quantity of doses for provinces and territories to offer a vaccine to all those Canadians who want it perhaps sooner than originally anticipated,” said Maj.-Gen.