Canada to Receive Record 640K Vaccine Doses This Week With Pfizer, Moderna Deliveries

Canada to Receive Record 640K Vaccine Doses This Week With Pfizer, Moderna Deliveries
A health-care worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a UHN COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Toronto on January 7, 2021. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press
The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—Canada is poised to receive a record number of COVID-19 vaccine doses this week thanks to scheduled deliveries from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, as the country looks to speed up its vaccination efforts.

The Public Health Agency of Canada says it expects more than 640,000 shots from the pharmaceutical giants this week, which would represent the largest number of deliveries in a single week.