The federal government has secured millions of more doses of COVID-19 vaccine for Canadians, the prime minister announced Tuesday.
Justin Trudeau said they have reached a deal with Pfizer to buy an additional 20 million doses of their vaccine.
That is on top of the 20 million doses Canada has already secured through the pharmaceutical corporation.
“From our agreements with Moderna and Pfizer alone, we will now have 80 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines arriving this year,” Trudeau told reporters.
Trudeau said they are on track to have every Canadian who wants a vaccine receive one by September.
Meanwhile, the federal government has released a forecasted vaccine delivery schedule for provinces and territories through the end of February.
“This will make sure that they have the vaccines and the information they need to keep rolling out doses as quickly, as smoothly, and as efficiently as possible,” said Trudeau.
More than 2.7 million doses are expected to be distributed across the country over the next seven weeks, with distribution ramping up in February.
Ontario is expected to receive more than 1 million doses while Manitoba will get more than 101,000 doses.
New Brunswick is expected to get nearly 55,000 doses while Nova Scotia will receive more than 71,000 doses.
As of Jan. 7, nearly 550,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been distributed across the country.
Trudeau says the federal government will continue to work to get more vaccines delivered as soon as possible.
