OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will announce on Tuesday that the government has reached an agreement with Moderna Inc to receive the first deliveries of its COVID-19 vaccine within 48 hours of regulatory a approval, the CBC said.
The Moderna vaccine is currently under review by Canada’s drug regulator. The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine received regulatory approval last week and Canada began using it for vaccinations on Monday.
(Reporting by Steve Scherer, Editing by Franklin Paul)
