Feds Expect Pfizer to Start Ramping up Vaccine Deliveries to Canada This Week

Feds Expect Pfizer to Start Ramping up Vaccine Deliveries to Canada This Week
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
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OTTAWA—Canada’s sluggish COVID-19 vaccination efforts are expected to get a big boost starting this week as the federal government prepares for a ramp up in the delivery of shots from Pfizer-BioNTech following a month-long lull.

The Public Health Agency of Canada has stated on its website that it expects more than 335,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to be delivered this week, though the company says the figure will be closer to 400,000.