Pfizer and BioNTech have submitted new temperature data to the U.S. health regulator that they said could allow their COVID-19 vaccine to be stored in pharmacy freezers at temperatures between –25 C and –15 C for up to two weeks.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 shots are poised to arrive each week for the foreseeable future but Canada’s chief public health officer warned the relative scarcity of vaccines means people still have to be vigilant about fast-spreading variants.
The pandemic’s wrath is still disproportionately affecting First Nations people in Manitoba, as they now account for two-thirds of all active COVID-19 infections in the province.