Coronavirus: Canada’s deliveries of Pfizer vaccine hit by "temporary delay," official says

Canada’s supply of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine has been hit by a temporary delay, Procurement Minister Anita Anand said Friday, which is due to the company scaling up its European manufacturing capacity – a move that will impact the vaccine’s production for a “short period.”

“This expansion work means that Pfizer is temporarily reducing deliveries to all countries receiving vaccine manufactured at its European facility – and that includes Canada,” said Anand.

She stated, however, that this won’t impact Canada’s long-term vaccination timeline.

To date, Canada has received about 380,000 doses of the vaccine and was on track to more than double that figure before the end of the month. In February, Canada was also expecting just shy of two million doses to be delivered.

Those deliveries are no longer guaranteed – though Anand was optimistic that Pfizer will be able to catch up after this delay.

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