Prime minister Trudeau announced Monday 249,000 doses of the Phizer vaccine will be here next week.
The rollout is planned with the millitary and they will use 14 distribution centers in large urban areas.
“This will move us forward on our whole timeline of vaccine rollout, and is a positive development in getting Canadians protected as soon as possible,” said Trudeau.
“It is a gradual process that is going to begin… next week. But let us remember at the beginning there will be smaller amounts of vaccines, because we are both standing up our delivery mechanisms, but also because manufacturers are limited in what they’re able to produce for this vaccine,” said the prime minister.
3 million doses of the Phizer and Moderna vaccines will arrive in Canada early in 2021.