Canada Signs Deals With 2 Suppliers for Potential COVID-19 Vaccines

Specimens to be tested for COVID-19 are seen at LifeLabs after being logged upon receipt at the company's lab, in Surrey, B.C., on March 26, 2020. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government has signed agreements with two more American suppliers to reserve millions of doses of their experimental COVID-19 vaccines for Canadians.

Deals are now in place for Canada to get access to vaccines being tested by both Johnson & Johnson and Novavax.

Earlier this month Ottawa signed similar deals with Pfizer and Moderna.