Canada to purchase additional 20 million doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
- by Valerie Santiago
- in Medical
- — Jan 14, 2021
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are also reportedly looking into the death of Gregory Michael, a 56-year-old obstetrician who had taken the shot 16 days earlier. The trials were not created to show whether the vaccine protected people against either infection or symptoms of coronavirus - that's what the ongoing Phase 3 trials are created to do.
That's one reason we know the vaccine is effective.
"I'm doing this to demonstrate that people should be prepared- when it's available- to take the vaccine", Mr Biden said before receiving the vaccine.
Only about 95,000 vaccines had come out of the millions that the New Democracy had earlier said it would get, causing a slow rollout for a campaign to inoculate 70 percent of the population, the health officials said was needed to be effective. The levels of these antibodies stayed stable for at least 71 days, they reported.
More news: Ford: ‘Bad actors’ flouting emergency orders will be finedThe Covid-19 vaccination has advanced vaccine science for years, and now is the time to use these advancements "for the best of humanity", Pfizer President and CEO Albert Bourla said during a conference hosted by JPMorgan on Tuesday. The two vaccines approved for use in Canada both involve two shots, given weeks apart.
Pfizer's vaccine is one of two that USA officials have cleared for emergency use as the nation struggles to control the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.
The impaired immune responses tended to fall into three categories - interference with the development of antibodies against the pathogen, more rapid erosion of antibody protection that does develop, or intensification of vaccination's side effects. The report comes amid growing anticipation for data from Johnson.
She says Israel will likely have to extend its nationwide lockdown.
More news: Capitol police officer Eugene Goodman hailed as 'a hero'The process could also be accelerated if Health Canada gives the green light to the vaccine candidate manufactured by Johnson and Johnson, which can be administered in one dose.
"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.
The U.S. government secured 100 million doses from the company for $1 billion in an August agreement, with an option to buy an additional 200 million doses.
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