A nurse is inoculated with the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine in Toronto, Canada, December 14, 2020.Canada is the only G7 country due to receive vaccines in early deliveries from the COVAX scheme.Canada has had a rocky roll-out, and countered critics by saying its 'top priority' is vaccinating Canadians.Canada is not backing down after being criticized for taking a share of vaccines from the COVAX program, which distributes vaccines to poorer countries.
The plan for the first round of distribution of these vaccines was announced on Wednesday, including Canada's allocation. COVAX ultimately aims to provide doses for at least 20% of the populations in recipient countries, but supply issues mean it will take many months to deliver on that promise, and richer nations are all but guaranteed to hit that level far sooner.
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Sorry health care workers in impoverished countries, 1 million more of you will now not be protected against Covid, but we have a fall election to worry about. 🇨🇦Go Team Trudeau! 🇨🇦
BI - you are reporting incorrectly. Did you bother to read up on COVAX at all?
To be fair, Canada has no money. We gave it away for every failed pet project JustinTrudeau had In his head before this pandemic. You needed money? Canada was the sucker that would give it to you with a shiny face and great hair. We are poor.