Demand for COVID-19 vaccines dropping in Canada — and some fear it could mean tossed doses

Canada’s demand for COVID-19 vaccines is slowly dropping, experts say, and they warn that those waiting to see whether cases spike before getting their jabs are wasting time the body needs to build sufficient immunity.

Less than one per cent of Canadians were vaccinated per day over the last week, a decrease from the record-high daily rate of 1.44 at the end of June, according to Our World in Data, which is supported by a research team based at the University of Oxford.

A vaccine tracker created by a University of Saskatchewan student also shows daily average first doses have dropped to fewer