Trudeau says eight million more Pfizer shots to arrive starting May, as Moderna halves April deliveries

‘We need to hang in there and hunker down for a number of more weeks,’ the prime minister told Canadians.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured April 16, urges Canadians to ‘hunker down’ as the country heads into the ‘toughest’ stage of the pandemic. ‘This is not the moment to let up, not even for a second,’ he says. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

April 16, 2021

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday assured Canadians that Pfizer is offering “reliable” weekly deliveries as he unveiled ramped-up shipment rates starting May amid a concerning Moderna halt on half its deliveries as the country reckons with an escalating thir...

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