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enough ultra-low-temperature storage ess than a year after space. COVID-19 first reached its L shores, Canada on Mondaybe- Ottawa has also pre-purchasedsix other gan vaccinating people against the virus vaccine candidates, three of which are that causes it. Priority groups in health still in a "rolling submission" process care and seniors' homes are getting the that allows Health Canada to evaluate first doses, but the federal government, them before all the data is gathered. provinces and First Nations have a diffi- Some of the vaccines under review can cult task ahead: A general vaccination be stored at relatively normal tempera- that Ottawa hopes to begin by April and tures, and one (Janssen/Johnson & John- finish by the end of next year. son's) would require only a single dose. The makers of those vaccines are: Here's a primer on the rollout plans so far. In the meantime, you can also check Moderna our guides ofthe latest COVID-19 case numbers across Canada,general news AstraZeneca/Oxford and information andCOVID-19 restric- Janssen/Johnson & Johnson tions by province. Medicago/GlaxoSmithKline Which vaccines are Canadians get- ting? Novavax

So far, Health Canada has approved on- Sanofi/GlaxoSmithKline ly one vaccine, developed by Pfizer Inc. and German-based BioNTech.Here's a The federal rollout primer on the research behind it and how Health Canada determined it was The Trudeau government has been buy- safe. The vaccine proved 95-per-cent ef- ing tens of millions of doses of various fective in late-stage clinical trials, but to vaccines and co-ordinating with © 2020 The Globe and Mail. All rights reserved. be fully effective it requires two doses provinces, territories and First Nations The present document and its usage are protected un- to deliver them to Canadians free of der international copyright laws and conventions. given 21 days apart. The vaccine has to be stored between -60 and -80 C, much charge. The vaccines go through a cen- Certificate issued on October 2, 2021 to Démo TK for person- al and temporary display. colder than regular freezers, so the tral agency, the National Operations news·20201214·GMB·rtgam×220201210×2composer_3pi46pbf2fgjblyjjlx7ljq c2e provinces have been scrambling to get Centre, where health officials and the military organize their distribution.The

This document is destined for the exclusive use of the individual designated by Démo-–-TK and cannot be used for any other purpose or distributed to third parties. • All rights reserved • Service provided by CEDROM-SNi Inc. 1 high-level guidelines about who should are working on a plan to get priority Official page: CheckQuebec's coron- be vaccinated first come from the Na- groups vaccinated. avirus information page andits guide to tional Advisory Committee on Immu- the vaccine rollout specifically. nization, which says the initial doses should go to: What we know so far: is the on- Official page: Check PEI's coronavirus ly province to put long-term care home seniors' home staff and residents information page here. residents at the front of the line, starting with two homes in Montreal and Quebec What we know so far: Health officials adults 70 or older, starting with the old- City. The first dose went to 89-year-old have said they're ready to distribute the est, then going down in five-year incre- Gisèle Lévesque at Quebec City's Saint- vaccines at 's Queen Eliz- ments Antoine residence. After long-term care abeth Hospital. At the moment, PEI is will come residents of private seniors' health care workers also in the midst of a "circuit breaker" residences and isolated communities, as lockdown to stop an outbreak of new well as Quebeckers aged 80 and over. adults in Indigenous communities cases; islanders are urged to stay home and avoid social gatherings. Ottawa's initial timetable calls for Ontario 125,000 people to be vaccinated by the Official page: CheckOntario's coron- end of the year, with general inoculation avirus information page andits guide to starting in April and all Canadians vac- Official page: Check Nova Scotia's the vaccine rollout specifically. cinated by December, 2021. That plan coronavirus information page here. isn't set in stone, as much will depend on What we know so far: Ontario gave its What we know so far: Health officials global supply chains: The United States first vaccination to Anita Quidangen, a have said their priority for December approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine a long-term-care personal support worker is the Central Zone, the Halifax area, few days after Canada did, and it will on Dec. 14 at Toronto's University where doses will go first to health care take formidable organization to keep the Health Network, which, along with the workers in COVID-19 and intensive- North American drug supply running Ottawa Hospital, is the only initial dis- care units. The vaccines will be stored at smoothly. tribution site in the province. About a teaching complex at the Queen Eliza- 2,500 health workers are due for shots in The provincial rollouts beth II Health Sciences Centre, but offi- the first stage of the rollout. cials are also trying to secure additional Once the National Operations Centre freezers. has the doses, they go to distribution de- pots set up by the provinces and territo- Official page: CheckManitoba's coron- ries. Each of these, as well as the mili- avirus information page andits initial Official page: Check New Brunswick's tary and the federal agency in charge of news release on the rollout. prisons, will follow one of three models coronavirus information page here. for distribution. What we know so far: Premier Brian What we know so far: The initial storage Pallister says the first doses will go to area for vaccines is at Miramichi Re- Newfoundland and Labrador some 900 health care workers in critical- gional Hospital, which expects to start care units, with other health workers, se- Official page: Check Newfoundland and vaccination on Dec. 19. The first prior- niors and Indigenous people next in line. Labrador's coronavirus information ity groups include COVID-19 rapid re- page here. sponse teams, ambulance workers, se- niors 85 and older and First Nations What we know so far: Due to the need nurses. Official page: CheckSaskatchewan's for ultra-cold storage, Newfoundland coronavirus information page andits and Labrador's initial doses can only be Quebec guide to the vaccine rollout specifically. delivered in St. John's. Health officials

This document is destined for the exclusive use of the individual designated by Démo-–-TK and cannot be used for any other purpose or distributed to third parties. • All rights reserved • Service provided by CEDROM-SNi Inc. 2 What we know so far: Critical health been assured thousands of doses of care workers will get vaccinated first in Moderna's vaccine in 2021, which will a pilot project at Regina General Hos- be easier to transport and store. pital, with the next stage extending to more health care workers, long-term Compiled by Globe staff care staff and residents and people in re- With reports from Ivan Semeniuk, Kelly mote areas. Grant and The Canadian Press Our Morning Update and Evening Up- Official page: Checkthe Alberta govern- date newsletters are written by Globe ment's coronavirus information page an- editors, giving you a concise summary dAlberta Health Services' vaccination of the day's most important headlines. page. Sign up today.

What we know so far: The initial vacci- Follow this link to view this story on nations will focus on two hospitals each globeandmail.com: When will Canadi- in Edmonton and , the Health ans get COVID-19 vaccines? The feder- Minister says, adding that Alberta even- al and provincial rollout plans so far tually plans a rollout from 30 different This article appeared in The Globe locations. and Mail (web site)

B.C. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/cana Official page: CheckB.C.'s coronavirus da/article-covid-19-vaccine-rollout-in-c anada-by-province-explainer/ information page andits guide to the vaccine rollout specifically.

What we know so far: There are only two distribution sites for now, both in the Lower Mainland, but there are plans to eventually have more. Officials will vaccinate long-term care workers first, top health official Bonnie Henry says, and further batches will go to health care workers, people over 80 and other vul- nerable populations by March.

Territories

Official pages: Check the coronavirus information pages forNunavut,the andYukon.

What we know so far: Vast distances and a lack of ultra-cold storage will make the rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine prohibitively difficult in the North. All three territories say they've

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