{"id":128146,"date":"2020-12-07T22:20:05","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T19:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/fortin-once-vaccines-are-here-it-may-take-only-a-day-or-two-to-deploy-them\/"},"modified":"2020-12-07T22:20:05","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T19:20:05","slug":"fortin-once-vaccines-are-here-it-may-take-only-a-day-or-two-to-deploy-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fortin-once-vaccines-are-here-it-may-take-only-a-day-or-two-to-deploy-them\/","title":{"rendered":"#Fortin: Once vaccines are here, it may take only a day or two to deploy them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Fortin: Once vaccines are here, it may take only a day or two to deploy them<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                            But the rollout of up to seven different vaccines\u2014each with its\u00a0own storage and handling requirements\u2014is a logistics challenge\n                        <\/div>\n<div>\n                                                                        <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cVaccines are coming,\u201d Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday. Canada has secured an agreement with Pfizer to receive an early delivery\u00a0of 249,000 doses of its vaccine, enough for 124,500 Canadians. \u201cPending <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roval from Health Canada, the first shipment of doses is tracking for delivery next week,\u201d Trudeau said, \u201cThe great <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> is that this is a beginning.\u201d Those first doses will arrive in<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/public-services-procurement\/news\/2020\/12\/canada-to-receive-early-delivery-of-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine.html\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a series of shipments<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, not all at once.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last month, the<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/public-health\/services\/immunization\/national-advisory-committee-on-immunization-naci\/guidance-prioritization-initial-doses-covid-19-vaccines.html\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) issued its preliminary guidance<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on who will receive the initial doses of COVID-19 vaccine. NACI has identified key populations\u00a0as first priorities, led by those \u201cat high risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19\u201d:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Residents and staff of congregate living settings that provide care for seniors<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adults 70 years of age and older, beginning with adults 80 years of age and older, then decreasing the age limit by five-year increments to age 70 years as supply becomes available<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health care workers (including all those who work in health care settings and personal support workers whose work involves direct contact with patients)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adults in Indigenous communities where infection can have disproportionate consequences<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0COVID-19 in Canada: How our battle against the second wave is going<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the federal government has issued detailed guidelines as to\u00a0the order in which vaccines should be handed out, it\u2019s up to the provinces to \u201cto adjust and implement them in ways that\u00a0[are]suitable for their populations,\u201d Trudeau said. For example, Ontario\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.ontario.ca\/en\/release\/59508\/ontario-identifies-key-groups-for-distribution-of-initial-covid-19-vaccines\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/news.ontario.ca\/en\/release\/59508\/ontario-identifies-key-groups-for-distribution-of-initial-covid-19-vaccines&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1607453396828000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHmrktGN13IayxXdakC_o82Ezg25g\">vaccine priority list, which syncs<\/a>\u00a0with the one recommended by NACI, will also \u201cbe prioritizing the rollout of the vaccine in regions with the highest rates of COVID-19 infection.\u201d On Monday, Newfoundland and Labrador<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidMaherNL\/status\/1336000636429758468?s=20\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Premier Andrew Furey announced<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that 1,950 of those first 249,000 doses will be distributed from the Health <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a>s Centre in St. John\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the first quarter of 2021, Canada is expected to receive six million doses of several vaccines, including ones from Moderna and Pfizer\/BioNTech, with more doses from those manufacturers as well as other pharmaceutical firms coming after that, pending regulatory approval. The federal government has \u201ca diverse portfolio\u201d of advance-purchase agreements, Trudeau explained, in part because \u201cthey have never been made at this scale or speed before.\u201d If one firm runs into manufacturing challenges, Canada has alternatives lined up. As of Dec. 7, the government has signed agreements with<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/public-services-procurement\/news\/2020\/12\/canada-to-receive-early-delivery-of-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine.html\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">seven firms working on COVID-19 vaccine candidates<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. (The<\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maclean\u2019s<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> COVID-19 vaccine tracker<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is keeping tabs on trials, approvals and pre-orders.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt is the largest mobilization of vaccines in Canada\u2019s history,\u201d Trudeau says. The rollout of so many different vaccines (up to seven, if all are approved), each with its\u00a0own storage and handling requirements, and many requiring two doses, is a logistics challenge. \u201cThis is no small task, which is why we have a clear plan,\u201d Trudeau said. As soon as the individual vaccines are approved by Health Canada, a logistics operation will deliver those precious vials to provinces and territories for distribution. Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, chief of staff of the joint operations command of the Canadian Armed Forces, will run that campaign as a vice-president at the Public Health Agency of Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0Community buy-in critical to Nova Scotia\u2019s \u2018magnificent\u2019 handling of pandemic<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As of now, the federal government has 14 distribution points set up across the country<\/span> (one per province except the four biggest provinces, which each get two) <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is doing dry-runs this week to work out the kinks before the real distribution occurs. \u201cThe [empty] boxes are in the air right now [from Belgium],\u201d Fortin said in a news conference on Monday. <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/public-services-procurement\/news\/2020\/12\/canada-to-receive-early-delivery-of-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine.html\">A shipping container filled with boxes<\/a>, dry ice and a data-logger is being used to simulate a real shipment. Newfoundland\u2019s Furey confirmed that two of those empty boxes would arrive in his province as part of the rehearsal. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The dry run is crucial because Pfizer requires guarantees that the provinces are ready to handle the vaccines before the pharmaceutical giant hands them over to Canada, explained Anita Anand, Minister of Public Services and Procurement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The need for such elaborate rehearsals is also a recognition that the first vaccine from Pfizer needs to be stored at -70 Celsius, which requires special shipping and storage containers. The federal government bought 126 freezers to store COVID-19 vaccines, including 26 ultra-low temperature freezers needed for the Pfizer vaccine. And, like\u00a0most other vaccines expected to be approved early in 2021, the Pfizer vaccine is a two-dose vaccine, with the second jab coming three weeks after the first.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0COVID-19 vaccine tracker: A guide for Canadians<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fortin doesn\u2019t believe there will be much delay between arrival and distribution, explaining that it should take a day or two to receive, unfreeze the vaccine, and decant and mix them into sizes ready to be used. Dr. Howard Njoo, deputy chief public health officer, said that the federal government has been working with the individual provinces, which each have their own priorities, but it may be practical at the very beginning to focus on urban areas, then broaden out deliveries as more doses arrive. Because of the difficulties in transporting and handling the Pfizer vaccine, \u201cthe [Northern] territories have indicated a preference to other vaccines\u201d Fortin said on Monday.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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