Top Doctors Warn of COVID 19 Variant Spread, Trudeau Says More Vaccines on the Way

Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam listens to a question during a news conference on January 12, 2021 in Ottawa. Canada's top doctors say COVID-19 infections appear to be on a downward trend but worrisome variants are posing an increasing threat to containing the pandemic. Adrian Wyld/the Canadian Press

OTTAWA—Prime Minister Trudeau says he’s been assured that COVID-19 vaccination deliveries will accelerate in coming weeks, and that includes four million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine by the end of March.

He says the pharmaceutical giant has confirmed it will deliver the doses they promised last November, and that Canada has also ordered four million additional doses of the Moderna vaccine, which will arrive over the summer.