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Canada to Receive 168,000 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses
December 23, 2020 • 4:01 pm CST
Health Canada announced it had authorized the second COVID-19 vaccine for use in Canada. The Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine (mRNA-1273) is an mRNA vaccine candidate against the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 encoding for a prefusion stabilized form of the Spike protein.
'Today’s authorization is a critical step in ensuring additional COVID-19 vaccines are available to all Canadians in all parts of the country. The different storage and handling requirements of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine mean that it can be distributed to isolated and remote communities, including the territories,' stated Health Canada's December 23, 2020 press statement.
Canada expects to receive 168,000 vaccine doses by the end of 2020.
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