Trudeau says new agreement with Pfizer to double COVID-19 vaccine doses in coming months | FULL

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that Canada has signed an agreement with Pfizer to provide eight million more COVID-19 vaccine doses on top of what the country was already getting in the coming months. Trudeau said in total Canada will receive approximately eight million doses in May and another 12 million in June. The agreement doubles what Pfizer was already sending to Canada.

Alongside Canadian health officials, Trudeau addressed the surging COVID-19 case numbers in Ontario saying Canadian Red Cross mobile vaccination teams are ready to deploy to help with the vaccine rollout. In addition, extra health care providers, health-care equipment, along with more hospital beds for Toronto and Hamilton would be available. He added there will also be support for safe isolation sites and the approval of Red Cross workers to up to 27 long-term care homes. Shortly after Trudeau’s announcement, Ontario Premier Doug Ford refused the offer of aid from the Canadian Red Cross.

“While we appreciate the Prime Minister’s offer, unless it is matched with an increase in supply, we do not need the Red Cross a this time for administration of vaccines in Ontario,” a statement from the Premier’s Office said on Friday.

Trudeau also reacted to Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole announcing his party’s new “pricing mechanism for consumers” as part of his climate plan. "Unfortunately with what they put forward yesterday, Canadians are still going to have to wait a long time to see the Conservative party get serious about climate change," Trudeau said. He stopped short of calling it a plan, instead calling it "the approach. The pamphlet. Not the plan."

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