Federal health officials provide update on COVID-19 vaccine distribution – December 23, 2020

On Parliament Hill, Dr. Howard Njoo, Canada’s deputy chief public health officer, conducts a technical briefing concerning Canada's distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. He also discusses Health Canada's approval of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine. This is the second COVID-19 vaccine to be approved for use in Canada. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was approved on December 9 and the first vaccinations in the country began on December 14. Unlike the Pfizer vaccine, Moderna's does not need to be stored in specialized freezers at extremely cold temperatures. Health Canada's approval of the Moderna vaccine means that COVID-19 vaccinations can begin in Canada's northern regions, as well as remote and Indigenous communities.

Dr. Njoo is joined by Major-General Dany Fortin (vice-president of logistics and operations at the Public Health Agency of Canada and head of the country's vaccine distribution efforts); Dr. Supriya Sharma (a senior medical advisor with Health Canada); Dr. Marc Berthiaume (the director of the Bureau of Medical Science at Health Canada); Dr. Tom Wong (the executive director and chief medical officer of public health at Indigenous Services Canada); and Arianne Reza (assistant deputy minister, Public Services and Procurement Canada).

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