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COVID-19: Canada Responds

PM Trudeau Provides Update on Vaccine Delivery and Border Measures

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 Pfizer has confirmed Canada will receive its expected 4 million COVID-19 vaccine doses by the end of March, with another 10.8 million doses arriving in April, May and June. Canada has also purchased an additional 4 million doses of the Moderna vaccine. The prime minister also confirms that new border measures, which include mandatory testing at airports and supervised quarantine at a government-authorized hotel for air travellers arriving in Canada, will take effect February 22. (February 12, 2021)