
The health official added that the first phase of the vaccination would not cover a large number of Canadians, but would be carried out gradually.
According to the Canadian media outlet, the first Canadians to receive the vaccines will be those from high-risk groups, namely the elderly, health care workers and the indigenous people, who live in crowded settlements.
The Canadian government has already signed contracts with a slew of vaccine-makers including AstraZeneca, BioNTech, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, Novavax, Pfizer and Sanofi to provide the Canadian population with their COVID-19 vaccines.
According to the data published on the site of Canada’s government, the country has recorded 306,468 COVID-19 cases, with 11,086 deaths.
In the past 24 hours, Canada reported 4,276 new cases. (UNI)