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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday assured Canadians that the country’s turbulent COVID-19 vaccine rollout remains on track after Pfizer agreed to boost shipments just as Moderna deliveries hit a snag.<\/p>\n

“We are well on track to reaching in the upper of 40 to 50 million doses by the end of June,” Trudeau told a news<\/a> conference, adding that by that date “most Canadians will have been able to receive a first dose of the vaccination.”<\/p>\n

He also renewed his government’s commitment that “all Canadians who want a vaccine will be able to be vaccinated by the end of September.”<\/p>\n

Earlier, Procurement Minister Anita Anand announced that Moderna would cut almost in half its next shipment, expected by month’s end, to 650,000 doses.<\/p>\n

However Trudeau said Canada has secured an additional eight million Pfizer-BioNTech doses to more than make up for the Moderna shortfall.<\/p>\n

Canada will “continue to bring vaccines into the country in the face of volatile supply chains,” Anand said.<\/p>\n

“We may see additional delays over the coming months,” which is “obviously very disapp<\/a>ointing,” she added.<\/p>\n

The first four million additional Pfizer-BioNTech doses are scheduled to arrive in May, followed by two million doses in June and two million more doses in July, Trudeau said.<\/p>\n

Canada has signed deals with seven pharmaceutical firms for some 400 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, and approved four for use so far\u2014the Pfizer, Moderna AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson jabs.<\/p>\n

To date, more than 8.5 million Canadians or 22.5 percent of the population have received at least one shot, according to the COVID-19 Vaccination Tracker website.\n <\/p>\n\n

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