Health Canada can add a request from Moderna to Pfizer’s pending offer to vaccinate five- to 11-year-olds, as parents and youngsters in Canada already wait weeks longer than children in the United States for first COVID-19 jabs.
Jennifer Hubert jumped at the opportunity to get her COVID-19 vaccine, but she’s not looking forward to having to make the decision about whether to vaccinate her three-year-old son Jackson.
Pfizer Canada says it plans to provide Health Canada with data showing its COVID-19 vaccine works for children in a bid to seek authorization "as early as possible."
U.S. drug maker Moderna will sign an agreement with the Canadian government today, August 10, 2021, promising to build an mRNA production plant in Canada.
Procurement Minister Anita Anand says after talking to provinces, it was determined these COVID-19 doses were excess supply, as demand for this vaccine had been met.
Officials and experts emphasized the interchangeability of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines on Monday as shipment delays led to changes in Canadians' second-dose appointments.
