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04.03.2021 / 00:57

Health Canada allows warmer storage conditions for Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

coronavirus vaccine can now be stored and shipped “at standard freezer temperatures” for up to 14 days, Health Canada said in a statement Wednesday.Pfizer-BioNTech requested the change on Feb. 25 to allow its COVID-19 vaccine to be kept at -25 C and -15 C instead of the earlier approved storage condition of between -80 C and -60 C.

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Canada working ‘very, very closely’ with U.S. to fight coronavirus: Trudeau

coronavirus and will succeed in inoculating its population despite “momentary disruptions” in the supply of COVID-19 vaccines, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday.Trudeau’s Liberal government is under pressure over the slow roll out of the vaccination program, caused in part by Pfizer Inc temporarily cutting its promised deliveries and a temporary slowdown of Moderna Inc doses. Feds asked vaccine makers to produce COVID-19 shots in Canada.

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When will kids be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine? Experts weigh in

COVID-19 vaccine in Canada, according to experts.Dr. Karina Top, a pediatric and infectious disease physician at IWK Health Cente in Halifax and vaccine researcher at the Canadian Centre for Vaccinology, says that despite children being in close contact in school settings, they’re lower on the vaccine priority list due to their transmission rates and less severe outcomes of the virus.“Fortunately, COVID is generally or almost always a very mild disease in children,” Top told Global News.“And young children (don’t) contribute to the spread of COVID as much as adults or older age groups.

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Roy Green: Why I will agree to be vaccinated

COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible?That question has come my way repeatedly and in many ways. On and off the air.

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When will the coronavirus vaccine be available in Canada? Here’s what we know so far

‘Majority’ of Canadians should be vaccinated against coronavirus by September: Trudeau Manufacturers Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca have all filed applications to have their vaccine candidates approved in Canada. Under a “rolling submission” process, producers hand over data — from animal tests, for example — as it comes rather than as a complete package.That information includes how the vaccine candidates perform in different demographic groups and data about possible harms and risks.Dr.

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Mexican ambassador slams vaccine ‘selfishness’ following Tories’ comments

vaccine “selfishness” in a tweet that tagged two prominent Conservatives on Tuesday, just hours after repeated exchanges in the House of Commons questioned why Mexico may access a vaccine before Canada.“Mexico has worked hard to ensure equitable access to vaccines for all. We believe a pandemic is a time to promote solidarity, rather than showing selfishness, which could endanger us all,” tweeted Mexican Ambassador to Canada Juan José Gómez Camacho.Mexico has worked hard to ensure equitable access to vaccines for all.

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Freeland says Canada ‘well-positioned’ on coronavirus vaccines, urges patience

AstraZeneca says late-stage trials show coronavirus vaccine ‘highly effective’ This comes after two other vaccines, one from Pfizer and another from Moderna, both showed similarly promising late-stage trial results in recent weeks.“Our federal government has contracts for purchasing the most successful candidate vaccines. Canada has a group of vaccines that include all the vaccines that have produced positive results and include other candidate vaccines which we believe will be successful.

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Canada’s coronavirus vaccine rollout: Who will get it first?

coronavirus vaccines have ushered in renewed hope in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.On Monday, U.S drugmaker Moderna announced that its vaccine has proven to be 94.5 per cent effective in protecting people from the COVID-19 disease, according to an interim analysis.This followed Pfizer and BioNTech’s statement last week in which it said early data for its candidate suggested it was 90 per cent effective at preventing the virus. Trudeau hopeful COVID-19 vaccine on track to start rolling out early 2021 Canada has already secured some 400 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from a wide range of different manufacturers.

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COVID-19 vaccine task force members have declared 18 conflicts of interests so far

coronavirus vaccine have recused themselves from discussions 18 times over potential conflicts of interest since June.But unlike with politicians and other public office holders, Canadians can’t see what conflicts of interest the task force members have declared.The COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force is comprised of 12 experts from the medical research and development industry along with four ex-officio members of the federal public service.Their stated job is to advise the government on COVID-19 vaccines.But in order to have people considered “leading experts” in the field involved, the government says “the deliberate decision was made to include individuals who may have a real or perceived conflict of interest (COI) with respect to one or more

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Canada to spend $192M on developing COVID-19 vaccine

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is spending $192 million on developing and producing vaccines for the novel coronavirus.

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