Canada focused on ‘long game’ getting vaccines to Canadians, says Procurement Minister Anand

‘With vaccine procurement, we are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel,’ says Anita Anand as the first Pfizer shipment of 30,000 doses arrived in Canada and vaccinations began.

Procurement Minister Anita Anand says Canada has focused on all aspects of the supply chain for vaccine distribution and has recently purchased 422 freezers to protect the fragile Pfizer doses, which must be kept at sub-zero temperatures.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

December 14, 2020

With the first of 30,000 COVID-19 vaccines arriving in Canada this week, a similar number should come next week, says Public Services and Procurement Minister Anita Anand, who also says Canada is playing the “long game” with vaccine roll-out amid calls for a firm a...

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