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COVID-19: Canada Responds
PM Trudeau Announces Deal for Domestic Vaccine Production – Feb. 2, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses Canadians from outside his home in Ottawa on the federal government's response to the ongoing COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) pandemic. He announces that the government has signed a memorandum of understanding with Novavax to produce its COVID-19 vaccine at the National Research Council of Canada’s new Biologics Manufacturing Centre in Montréal, pending Health Canada's regulatory approval of the vaccine. On January 22, Canada signed an agreement with the pharmaceutical company to purchase 52 million doses of its vaccine with the option for up to an additional 24 million doses. The prime minister announces as well federal investments for vaccine, therapeutic, and biomanufacturing projects in Canada. He also faces questions about federal travel restrictions and concerns about the European Union's vaccine export controls.