Despite news that Canada won’t be getting doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from India this month, federal officials say they expect Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine supply to ramp up in the coming weeks as the first Johnson & Johnson doses arrive and Moderna scales up production.
Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, the military commander leading Canada’s national vaccine distribution effort, said Canada will receive its initial shipment of 300,000 Johnson & Johnson doses next week and they’ll be distributed to the provinces the following week.
“While weekly fluctuations of shipments may happen,