Covid-19 Vaccine
Justin Trudeau confirms delivery of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines by next week
Ottawa/IBNS: Canadian Prime Minister Justine Trudeau on Monday confirmed the receipt of hundreds of thousands of doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine by next week, which is awaiting the country's health approval.
The early delivery time will facilitate provinces to start vaccinating vulnerable Canadians and health-care workers before the end of 2020.
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole accused Canada's liberal government, during a news conference on Monday, that it failed to provide Canadians with details on the process of vaccination.
"Information in a pandemic is a critical tool, and the secrecy of the Trudeau government is leading to more uncertainty, more confusion, and a lack of confidence at a time where we're seeing Christmas celebrations canceled," he said.
MPs will vote on a Conservative motion later today, calling on the government to lay out a detailed vaccine rollout plan including the date of deployment of the vaccine, its safe delivery, storage, and distribution; priority plan developed by the Canadian government
Monday's news conference is ahead of a first ministers' meeting on Thursday when Trudeau will speak with the premiers on issues such as vaccine rollout and federal health transfers.
The premiers are pushing for a $28-billion annual boost in health funding.
(Reporting by Asha Bajaj)
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