She said the federal government is also holding a reserve of three millions doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which she said the provinces have asked the federal government to hang on to until they're ready to take delivery. Canadians well stocked with vaccine: AnandĪnand said 79 per cent of eligible Canadians have received at least one dose of a vaccine and 55 per cent are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. 6 and people can donate via UNICEF or by texting VACCINES to 45678.Īnand and Gould said that if the UNICEF campaign is maxed out, it will provide enough money to vaccinate four million people in countries where inoculation campaigns are struggling to meet demand. The federal government also announced it's partnering with UNICEF on a donation-matching fundraising campaign to encourage Canadians to donate vaccine doses by contributing $10.Īll donations by Canadians will be matched by the federal government, up to a maximum of $10 million.
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With close to 55 million vaccines in Canada, and with the demands of the provinces and territories for this vaccine being met, we are now in a position to donate these excess doses," Anand said.
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"This donation is a result of our proactive approach to securing hundreds of millions of COVID-19 vaccines in our initial contracts. This new donation is on top of the $440 million the federal government already has committed to COVAX. The program pools funds from wealthier countries to buy vaccines for those countries and ensure that low- and middle-income countries have access to vaccines as well. International Development Minister Karina Gould and Procurement Minister Anita Anand said the doses are a part of the federal government's advance purchase agreement with the company and would be distributed through COVAX.ĬOVAX is a global vaccine-sharing initiative jointly co-ordinated by the World Health Organization, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations and Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance. Canada is donating 17.7 million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to help inoculate people in low- and middle-income countries, federal ministers announced Monday.