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Canada to receive early delivery of Pfizer BioNTech coronavirus vaccine

Christian Fernsby ▼ |
Following successful negotiations, Canada will receive up to 249,000 doses of the Pfizer BioNTech coronavirus vaccine in December 2020, contingent on Health Canada authorization of the vaccine.

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Topics: CANADA   

These doses are part of the up to 76 million doses Canada has secured through its existing agreement with Pfizer. As with all coronavirus vaccine candidates, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine must be authorized by Health Canada before being administered to Canadians.

Pfizer, the Public Health Agency of Canada with the Canadian Armed Forces, and the Provinces and Territories are working together to finalize preparations at the first point-of-use sites this week, including training on how to handle the product, which must be transported and stored at -70 degrees Celsius.

Important logistical tests are planned, beginning with a dry run with Pfizer this week, led by the National Operations Centre. This dry run will be used to confirm the ordering, shipping and importation processes from the point of manufacture to the point of use across Canada. In this initial dry run with Pfizer, a shipping container with dry ice and a data-logger will simulate a shipment of the vaccine.

The Government of Canada expects to conduct other rehearsals to confirm ordering and shipping processes for additional vaccines as they become available. These test activities are important to ensure that the Provinces and Territories have the necessary infrastructure and equipment in place and are able to plan to effectively and efficiently administer coronavirus vaccines as they roll-out.

Pfizer submitted an application for regulatory review of its coronavirus vaccine candidate under Health Canada's interim order on October 9, 2020. Results of this review are expected soon. ■

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