Health Canada has authorized use of a COVID-19 vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson, making it the first single-dose vaccine to receive approval for use in Canada. The vaccine, produced by Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceutical, can be stored at regular refrigerated temperatures at 2 to 8 degrees Celsius for at least three months, making it easy to distribute to the provinces and territories. The approval of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in Canada will add another vaccine to those already approved from Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and AstraZeneca-Oxford. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday that Johnson & Johnson has agreed to provide Canada with 10 million doses of the vaccine between now and September. Trudeau also said Pfizer will be able to deliver 3.5 million doses of vaccines—originally scheduled to be delivered this summer—over the next few months. He said Pfizer will deliver an additional 1.5 million vaccine doses this …
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