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The Canadian Press
Published Friday, October 22, 2021 12:56PM EDT
Last Updated Friday, October 22, 2021 4:22PM EDT
OTTAWA - Canada must decide what to do with millions of unused COVID-19 vaccine doses now that officials have confirmed they won't be needed to vaccinate children.
Roughly 6.6 million doses have been distributed to the provinces but not yet used, and there are an extra 13 million in Canada's central vaccine inventory.
Dr. Theresa Tam, the chief public health officer, says provincial and federal governments are working to figure out how many doses will be needed in Canada so that everyone can be fully vaccinated, and get a booster if they need one.
At the same time, they are keeping tabs on when doses expire to make sure they do not go to waste.
“Vaccines are a valuable commodity and extremely important to Canada, but also the world,” Tam said at a briefing Friday.
Canada has already announced it would donate more than 40 million doses to COVAX, a global vaccine-sharing alliance, to be distributed to countries in need.
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Published Friday, October 22, 2021 12:56PM EDT
Last Updated Friday, October 22, 2021 4:22PM EDT
OTTAWA - Canada must decide what to do with millions of unused COVID-19 vaccine doses now that officials have confirmed they won't be needed to vaccinate children.
Roughly 6.6 million doses have been distributed to the provinces but not yet used, and there are an extra 13 million in Canada's central vaccine inventory.
Dr. Theresa Tam, the chief public health officer, says provincial and federal governments are working to figure out how many doses will be needed in Canada so that everyone can be fully vaccinated, and get a booster if they need one.
At the same time, they are keeping tabs on when doses expire to make sure they do not go to waste.
“Vaccines are a valuable commodity and extremely important to Canada, but also the world,” Tam said at a briefing Friday.
Canada has already announced it would donate more than 40 million doses to COVAX, a global vaccine-sharing alliance, to be distributed to countries in need.
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