Canada gets first batch of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine

Ottawa : The first batch of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has been delivered to Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.
“The first batch of doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in Canada,” Trudeau said on Twitter on Sunday.
On Thursday, Canada’s prime minister said that the first 30,000 doses of the vaccine were expected in a matter of days.
Earlier in the week, health regulators granted emergency authorization to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
According to Trudeau, the federal government is covering the cost of the vaccine.
Canada is expected to receive up to 249,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine before the end of December, which will allow up to 124,500 Canadians to be vaccinated before the end of the year.