Canada To Receive 249,000 Coronavirus Vaccines in December

The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Public Services and Procurement announced Canada will receive up to 249,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in December 2020, contingent on Health Canada authorization of the vaccine.

This shipment of vaccines announced on December 7, 2020, is part of the up to 76 million doses of the experimental BNT162b2 vaccine Canada has secured through its existing agreement with Pfizer.