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COVID-19: B.C. hit with 'overwhelming' response to book AstraZeneca vaccines - Vancouver Sun

Starting today people aged 55 to 65 living in the Lower Mainland can book a vaccine but people can expect delays and waitlists to book a jab.

Author of the article:

Tiffany Crawford

Publishing date:

Mar 31, 2021 • 14 minutes ago • 5 minute read • 17 Comments

Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020. Photo by Dado Ruvic /REUTERS

Starting today people aged 55 to 65 living in the Lower Mainland can book an AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD vaccine, but so far the rollout has not gone smoothly.

Frustrated folks in the region faced busy phone signals at pharmacies, jammed websites, waitlists, and at least one pharmacy chain saying it was all booked up.

On Tuesday night, a day before the bookings opened for this category, London Drugs announced on Twitter that due to an “overwhelming response,” all vaccine appointments had been booked at the three London Drugs pharmacies selected by the B.C. government to offer the vaccine.

The company asked people not to call the pharmacies so they can prepare for the “fully booked” appointments.

Those who felt confused or daunted by the process took to social media to complain about the booking system. Some were upset about London Drugs booking on Tuesday ahead of the Wednesday start, while others despaired over not being able to get a booking because the pharmacy had already run out of AstraZeneca.

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There are dozens of pharmacies around the region offering the jab. The B.C. Pharmacy Association website has a list of pharmacies offering the vaccine, which will be updated regularly in the coming weeks.

However, callers to several pharmacies on the list were met with a busy signal Wednesday morning, indicating a demand for the vaccine.

The 2019 population data for those aged 55 to 65 in the Lower Mainland show there are 275,457 people in that age category in the Fraser Health Authority and 176,431 in Vancouver Coastal.

Those trying for an appointment on the North Shore faced difficulties. For instance, Davies Prescription Pharmacy, which is one of two North Shore pharmacies on the vaccination list, said they were out of a very limited supply of AstraZeneca vaccine on Wednesday morning, while the other one on the list is a London Drugs, which is booked. There is no pharmacy listed for West Vancouver.

The Costco Pharmacy in Abbotsford said they haven’t received any AstraZeneca yet and directed people to add their name to a waitlist at costco.ca. Rexall pharmacies also has a waitlist.

In an emailed statement, Loblaw said select Shoppers Drug Marts in the Lower Mainland would be administering the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca Thursday and Friday for British Columbia residents, 55 to 65 years of age. The company said patients are encouraged to contact their local participating pharmacy.

However, the Loblaw spokesperson did not respond to questions about the difficulty patients were having contacting their local pharmacies.

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The Ministry of Health has been contacted to address the situation.

Due to an overwhelming response, all available vaccine appointments have been booked. We ask that customers refrain from calling our pharmacies directly to allow for the pharmacies to prepare for the vaccination process of the fully booked appointments.
— London Drugs (@LondonDrugs) March 31, 2021

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Interim leader of the Official Opposition Shirley Bond and MLA Renee Merrifield, the B.C. Liberal critic for health, released a joint statement Wednesday, saying the NDP’s “constant bungling” is creating confusion and concern over vaccinations.

The government announced Tuesday that those in the age 55 to 65 category could start booking vaccines, but many pharmacies were overwhelmed or didn’t know they were on the vaccination list, they said.

“For weeks we have consistently been asking John Horgan to include community pharmacies as part of the rollout and to have a clearly laid out plan. That didn’t happen and British Columbians deserve better. Yesterday was just another example of incompetence from a government that cannot manage to deliver on critical programs like the vaccination rollout, they said.

“Now the 55 to 65 age cohort in the Lower Mainland is left wondering what happened after feeling a sense of hope about the possibility of being vaccinated. We can certainly understand how people are feeling frustration and anger about the latest problems with the vaccination rollout.”

Bond and Merrifield said there needs to be a provincial booking system.

Shortly before 1 p.m., Health Minister Adrian Dix and provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry released a statement insisting that the age-based system of vaccine delivery is working.

They said the vaccine is available to anyone 73 and over, Indigenous peoples over 18 and those who are clinically extremely vulnerable. In a few week, they said those 65 and over can book.

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Dix and Henry said vaccine doses are on the way and everyone who is eligible and who wants a vaccine will get one, ahead of schedule and before Canada Day.

“We must all be patient and continue to follow the guidelines that are keeping us all as safe and healthy as possible, and to use all of the layers of protection that we can to keep ourselves, our loved ones, and our communities safe until we can all be fully vaccinated from COVID-19,” they said.

London Drugs’ announcement caused many social media users to express frustration about how people could book on Tuesday when they were told by government that bookings opened on Wednesday.

The company apologized in a statement on Facebook Wednesday.

“We sincerely apologize for any confusion regarding the vaccine bookings for the 55-65 age group that the BC government announced yesterday,” the statement read.

London Drugs said as soon as the news was public all of its Lower Mainland stores became inundated with customers wanting to book appointments.

“Our pharmacies that were selected immediately began taking down eligible patient information aged 55 to 65 for appointments. There was no requirement we were aware of in our information by government to wait to take appointments, only that vaccines would be made available to us the morning of March 31.”

London Drugs said its three designated vaccination sites in Metro Vancouver have received limited allocations of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

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“As soon as more supply becomes available, we will open up our online booking similarly to what we would do with routine flu vaccinations. We are ready to vaccinate as many people as possible and expect more information on increased allotment will be coming in the days ahead.”

LMFAO! They weren't supposed have spots booked until TOMORROW and all of them are booked at London Drugs?
Complete farce. https://t.co/HIb8r2095a
— BCNewsAddict (@bc_news_addict) March 31, 2021

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Yes it was a sneaky rollout with the bad phrasing. They should have indicated that while appointments start today, booking was available yesterday. But why communicate properly and roll it out fairly? Lots of 55-65 year olds would have liked the chance to try today.
— BdblE (@MsYouDoYou) March 31, 2021

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The province decided to bump up its age-based immunization plan for AstraZeneca shots after concerns about rare blood clots prompted the National Advisory Committee on Immunization to pause the use of the vaccine for anyone under 55.

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says in a news release that the vaccine remains highly effective and its benefits for those over 55 far outweigh the risks of COVID-19 infection.

More than 99,000 B.C. residents have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic and infections have surged across the province in recent weeks, with 840 new cases reported Tuesday.

Those going to get a vaccine will be required to bring their Personal Health Number, located on your CareCard or driver’s license.

The AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD vaccine is currently not available in pharmacies in the Northern, Interior, and Vancouver Island health authorities at this time.

-with files from The Canadian Press and Nathan Griffiths

ticrawford@postmedia.com

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What the doctor who found the link between blood clots and the AstraZeneca vaccine wants you to know - CTV News

TORONTO -- Dr. Andreas Greinacher led the team that discovered the link between the AstraZeneca vaccine and a rare blood clotting disorder, but he wants people to know the risk of developing the clots is low.

Greinacher found that in some patients, the AstraZeneca vaccine was triggering antibodies that set off a platelet response. That means the the antibodies made the platelets, small blood cells that help form clots to stop bleeding, behave as though they were treating a wound and trigger clotting.

At a press conference on Wednesday, Greinacher said that the causal link is still unknown, and there could be co-factors in the small number of patients who developed vaccine-induced prothrombotic immune thrombocytopenia (VIPIT). VIPIT is the name given to the type of clotting that seems to occur as a rare reaction to the AstraZeneca vaccine.

“It could very well be that in these individual patients are two or three co-factors present at the same time, which together at the time point of vaccination trigger these antibodies,” he said.

While his team continues to investigate what exactly causes this reaction, Greinacher said that there are far fewer people developing this antibody response than are getting sick with COVID-19.

“The number of individuals being severely sickened by the pandemic, by COVID-19, outnumber those who suffer from the vaccination reaction by several orders of magnitude,” he said.

While he said it is not up to him who is approved for the vaccine and who isn’t, he doesn’t think stopping vaccinations is the right decision.

“It would be dangerous to stop vaccination, only because of the fear, for a very rare adverse event,”he said.

Thinking about the dangers we face each day, driving a car on a busy highway, riding a bicycle in major cities, they are far greater risks than the clotting issue associated with the AstraZeneca vaccine, he said.

“Running down the road with a motorcycle is by far, far, far more dangerous than getting the vaccine,” he said. “Take 1.4 million motorcycle riders, let them drive two weeks, how many severe accidents, you will see.”

For a medical comparison, he points to the use of the blood thinning medication heparin in hospitals. There are people who suffer adverse reactions to heparin, similar to the reaction to the AstraZeneca vaccine, but to stop using it altogether would be catastrophic.

Greinacher said that to stop the use of the clotting treatment in hospital would result in many more deaths due to fatal embolisms and other clot-related complications.

Within the span of two weeks, Greinacher and his colleagues were able to develop a screening test, a test to confirm the response in a lab and now, a potential treatment.

“The first anecdotal feedbacks I receive from treating physician, it seems to work quite well,” he said.

The focus now for Greinacher and his colleagues is determining how the vaccine is associated with, or induces, this response in the body.

“I have to say very clearly, there is no direct link that the vaccine itself is inducing the antibody, it could be that the vaccine is triggering something else in the human body, which then is modifying the immune system, which is then starting to produce the antibodies,” he said.

“It's too early to make a really clear correlation and very clear association between the vaccine and formation of the antibodies,” he added.

His message is clear: While there is a risk of having an adverse reaction to the AstraZeneca vaccine, the risk is so small that people shouldn’t be concerned about getting the vaccine.

“To stop or to avoid vaccination, only for the fear of getting an extremely rare, adverse reaction would be completely wrong.”

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COVID-19: B.C. hit with 'overwhelming' response to book AstraZeneca vaccines - Vancouver Sun

Starting today people aged 55 to 65 living in the Lower Mainland can book a vaccine but people can expect delays and waitlists to book a jab.

Author of the article:

Tiffany Crawford

Publishing date:

Mar 31, 2021 • 10 minutes ago • 3 minute read • 5 Comments

Starting today people aged 55 to 65 living in the Lower Mainland can book an AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD vaccine, but so far the rollout has not gone smoothly.

Frustrated folks in the region faced busy phone signals at pharmacies, jammed online bookings, waitlists, and at least one pharmacy chain saying it was all booked up.

The company asked people not to call the pharmacies so they can prepare for the “fully booked” appointments.

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However, callers to several pharmacies on the list were met with a busy signal Wednesday morning, indicating there may be a significant demand for the vaccine.

The 2019 population data for those aged 55 to 65 in the Lower Mainland show there are 275,457 people in that age category in the Fraser Health Authority and 176,431 in Vancouver Coastal.

The Costco Pharmacy in Abbotsford said they haven’t received any AstraZeneca yet and directed people to add their name to a waitlist at costco.ca. Rexall pharmacies also has a waitlist.

The Ministry of Health has been contacted to address the situation.

Due to an overwhelming response, all available vaccine appointments have been booked. We ask that customers refrain from calling our pharmacies directly to allow for the pharmacies to prepare for the vaccination process of the fully booked appointments.
— London Drugs (@LondonDrugs) March 31, 2021

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London Drugs’ announcement caused many to express frustration on social media about how people could book on Tuesday when they were told by government that bookings opened on Wednesday.

The company has been contacted for a response but has not yet returned messages.

LMFAO! They weren't supposed have spots booked until TOMORROW and all of them are booked at London Drugs?
Complete farce. https://t.co/HIb8r2095a
— BCNewsAddict (@bc_news_addict) March 31, 2021

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Yes it was a sneaky rollout with the bad phrasing. They should have indicated that while appointments start today, booking was available yesterday. But why communicate properly and roll it out fairly? Lots of 55-65 year olds would have liked the chance to try today.
— BdblE (@MsYouDoYou) March 31, 2021

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Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says in a news release that the vaccine remains highly effective and its benefits for those over 55 far outweigh the risks of COVID-19 infection.

More than 99,000 B.C. residents have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic and infections have surged across the province in recent weeks, with 840 new cases reported Tuesday.

“As soon as the news was public all of our Lower Mainland British Columbia stores became inundated with customers wanting to book appointments,” London Drugs said on Twitter.

London Drugs said its three designated vaccination sites in Metro Vancouver have received limited allocations of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Those going to get a vaccine will be required to bring their Personal Health Number, located on your CareCard or driver’s license.

The AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD vaccine is currently not available in pharmacies in the Northern, Interior, and Vancouver Island health authorities at this time.

-with files from The Canadian Press and Nathan Griffiths

ticrawford@postmedia.com

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Pfizer study suggests COVID-19 vaccine is safe, protective in younger teens - CBC.ca

Pfizer announced Wednesday that its COVID-19 vaccine is safe and strongly protective in kids as young as 12, a step toward possibly beginning shots in this age group before they head back to school in the fall.

Most COVID-19 vaccines being rolled out worldwide are for adults, who are at higher risk from the novel coronavirus. Pfizer's vaccine is authorized for ages 16 and older.

In a study of 2,260 U.S. volunteers ages 12 to 15, preliminary data showed there were no cases of COVID-19 among fully vaccinated adolescents compared to 18 cases among those given dummy shots, Pfizer reported in a media release on Wednesday.

It's a small study, that hasn't yet been published, so another important piece of evidence is how well the shots revved up the kids' immune systems. Researchers reported "robust antibody responses," the release said.

Kids had side effects similar to young adults, the company said. The main side effects are pain, fever, chills and fatigue, particularly after the second dose. The study will continue to track participants for two years for more information about long-term protection and safety.

Have a question or something to say? CBC News is live in the comments now.

Pediatric studies underway for other vaccines

Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech in the coming weeks plan to ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European regulators to allow emergency use of the shots starting at age 12.

"We share the urgency to expand the use of our vaccine," Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said in a statement. He expressed "the hope of starting to vaccinate this age group before the start of the next school year" in the United States.

A spokesperson for Pfizer Canada said the company intends to file the pediatric data with Health Canada.

Health Canada authorizes vaccines for use in different age populations in this country.

Pfizer isn't the only company seeking to lower the age limit for its vaccine. Results also are expected soon from a U.S. study of Moderna's vaccine in 12- to 17-year-olds.

But in a sign that the findings were promising, the FDA already allowed both companies to begin U.S. studies in children 11 and younger, working their way to as young as six months old.

AstraZeneca last month began a study of its vaccine among 6- to 17-year-olds in Britain. Johnson & Johnson is planning its own pediatric studies. And in China, Sinovac recently announced it has submitted preliminary data to Chinese regulators showing its vaccine is safe in children as young as three.

While most COVID-19 vaccines being used globally were first tested in tens of thousands of adults, pediatric studies won't need to be nearly as large. Scientists have safety information from those studies and from subsequent vaccinations in millions more adults.

One key question is the dosage: Pfizer gave the 12-and-older participants the same dose adults receive, while testing different doses in younger children.

U.S. FDA timeline not clear

It's not clear how quickly the FDA would act on Pfizer's request to allow vaccination starting at age 12. Another question is when the country would have enough supply of shots — and people to get them into adolescents' arms — to let kids start getting in line.

Supplies are set to steadily increase over the spring and summer, at the same time states are opening vaccinations to younger, healthier adults who until now haven't had a turn.

Children represent about 13 per cent of COVID-19 cases documented in the U.S. And while children are far less likely than adults to get seriously ill, at least 268 have died from COVID-19 in the U.S. alone and more than 13,500 have been hospitalized, according to a tally by the American Academy of Pediatrics. That's more than die from the flu in an average year. Additionally, a small number have developed a serious inflammatory condition linked to the coronavirus.

Caleb Chung, seen in this December 2020 photo as he gets his first dose of either the Pfizer vaccine or a placebo, says the study was, 'was really somewhere that I could actually help out.' (Richard Chung/The Associated Press)

Caleb Chung, who turns 13 later this week, agreed to volunteer after his father, a Duke University pediatrician, presented the option. He doesn't know if he received the vaccine or a placebo.

"Usually I'm just at home doing online school and there's not much I can really do to fight back against the virus," Caleb said in a recent interview. The study "was really somewhere that I could actually help out."

His father, Dr. Richard Chung, said he's proud of his son and all the other children volunteering for the needle pricks, blood tests and other tasks a study entails.

"We need kids to do these trials so that kids can get protected. Adults can't do that for them," Chung said.

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Canada's economy grew 0.7% in January - CBC.ca

Statistics Canada says the economy grew 0.7 per cent in January.

The increase in real gross domestic product compared with a gain of 0.1 per cent in December.

The growth also topped the agency's preliminary estimate for the month of 0.5 per cent.auto

It was the ninth consecutive monthly increase since the plunge in the economy last year at the start of the pandemic in March and April.

However, Statistics Canada noted that total economic activity was still about three per cent below the February level last year, before the pandemic began.

The agency's preliminary estimate for February this year shows growth of 0.5 per cent for the month.

For January, manufacturing, construction and real estate all contributed to economic growth.

The manufacturing sector expanded 1.9 per cent in January, offsetting a 0.7 per cent contraction in December.

The gain in GDP is impressive considering that an early estimate pegged the increase at 0.5 per cent, said Douglas Porter, an economist at the Bank of Montreal.

He said many forecasts issued a few months ago called for a decline in first-quarter GDP, but the latest estimate from BMO Economics predicts an increase of 3.5 per cent.

"The economy held up much better than expected through the second wave [of pandemic] restrictions through the winter," Porter said in a statement.

Wholesale trade was up 3.9 per cent in January, following a 1.5 per cent contraction in December.

"A big rebound in wholesale trade more than offset the drop in retail activity, in part due to a shift to online spending," Porter said.

Clothing stores down 17%

The hardest hit brick-and-mortar retailers included clothing and clothing accessories stores — down 17 per cent — and sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores — down 14.1 per cent.

However, general merchandise stores grew 3.3 per cent, while building material and garden supply dealers saw a gain of 3.6 per cent because of home improvement projects.

Accommodation and food services declined three per cent in January, following a 6.7 per cent decrease in December. Meanwhile, non-store retailers expanded activity for the third month in a row, rising by 2.8 per cent in January.

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Expert says rush for AstraZeneca vaccine appointments at B.C. pharmacies a good sign - News 1130

VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Bookings are supposed to start Wednesday, but at least one major pharmacy chain in B.C. says it had already filled up all its appointments by Tuesday night for people aged 55 to 65 who want the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

The provincial government on Tuesday gave a day’s notice that the age group could start getting the AstraZeneca shots at 150 pharmacy locations in the Vancouver Coastal and Fraser Health regions. But it appears London Drugs started taking bookings right away, filling all available time slots by Tuesday night and asking people to stop calling its pharmacies directly.

In a statement, London Drugs says its phone lines “became inundated with customers wanting to book appointments” as soon as the province made the announcement.

“At the three stores where we have so far been allocated vaccines, these pharmacies immediately began taking down eligible patient information aged 55 to 65 for appointments,” the statement reads.

The company notes there are limited number of vaccines allocated to each company.

“As soon as more supply becomes available, we will open up our online booking similarly to what we would do with routine flu vaccinations,” it adds. “We are ready to vaccinate as many people as possible and expect more information on increased allotment will be coming in the days ahead.”

Initial B.C. Pharmacies offering AstraZeneca's COVID-19 Vaccinations to people age 55-65 https://t.co/nqnAApksO2

— Mike Lloyd (@llikemoyd) March 31, 2021

There’s some frustration online, but one expert sees a silver lining.

“There’s so much concern about how there’s been an erosion of public trust with this vaccine, with lots of mixed messaging and communication gaps and then a rare but not zero per cent safety issue, so it is good to hear that there are people who are willing to get this vaccine in the 55-plus age group,” says Dr. Isaac Bogoch, an infectious diseases scientist at the University of Toronto.

“At the end of the day it’s a good vaccine. We are seeing how it is truly contributing to the transformation of the epidemic in United Kingdom. It has tremendous potential to reduce the risk of infection and even those who get the infection, there is evidence that with AstraZeneca, people just don’t have as severe an infection. I’m really happy people are lining up to get this,” he adds.

“Beginning March 31, 2021, those aged 55 to 65 may call their local pharmacy and book an appointment to receive their vaccine.” This from gvmnt site. How did all the appts get filled if booking isn’t available till tomorrow? How did people find out pharmacy locations? @LizaYuzda

— Donna (@DonnaMMedeiros) March 31, 2021

Bogoch says the negative headlines about AstraZeneca’s vaccine being linked to blood clots in a small number of patients can’t be ignored, but there is still potential for the shot to do tremendous good.

“I think the big message here is that it’s clear people still want this vaccine and that is very positive. It is extremely effective and it will help at an individual level and, of course, at a population level when more and more people get vaccinated,” he tells NEWS 1130.

“I think the true test will not be today or this week but in the weeks and weeks ahead to see if the demand for this vaccine remains high. There’s still such a shortage of vaccines in much of the country that there is still a significant demand. But as more and more people get vaccinated, will that demand for this particular vaccine remain high? I don’t know.”

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Canada and Ontario spending $470 million on new vaccine plant for whenever next pandemic arises - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

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Published Wednesday, March 31, 2021 8:27AM EDT
Last Updated Wednesday, March 31, 2021 10:49AM EDT

The Canadian and Ontario governments are giving $470 million to a French vaccine maker to ensure we aren’t stuck depending on distant foreign suppliers for vaccines whenever the next global pandemic arises.

Between now and 2026, Sanofi Pasteur will build a new influenza manufacturing plant on the site of the former Connaught Laboratories in North York.

Officials said that when completed, the new plant will be able to produce enough “vaccine doses to support the entire Canadian population within approximately six months of the World Health Organization (WHO) identifying a pandemic influenza strain.”

“When it comes to the next pandemic flu, we should be self-sufficient, if there is one lesson learned from the current COVID pandemic, we need to have a strong Canadian biomedicine sector,” Federal Infrastructure Minister François-Philippe Champagne said.

“Whenever that will be, we will be prepared as a nation.”

The Connaught campus of Sanofi Pasteur was a state-owned research and manufacturing facility for vaccines against polio, diphtheria and smallpox.

Progressive Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney approved the sale of Connaught laboratories to a French pharmaceutical firm in 1989.

It was the largest manufacturer of influenza vaccines in the entire world at the time it was sold.

“We’re giving a new life to the Connaught laboratories this morning,” Champagne said.

The federal government will invest $415 million in the partnership with Sanofi Pasteur Ltd.

Ontario's government will contribute $55 million to the project.

Sanofi will invest more than $455 million as well as create 165 new jobs in Canada and maintain another 1,100 others.

The company will also invest at least $79 million a year to fund Canadian research and development.

This new facility will ensure drug product formulation, fill-and-finish and inspection of flu vaccines and “booster” vaccine doses for seniors.

Ontario Premier said the new development demonstrated cooperation between his administration and the Trudeau government, saying “everyone is doing a great job getting the vaccines moving forward,” in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

He pointedly criticized federal efforts publicly at least twice in the past week, once calling the federal procurement effort “a joke.”

Since the first of three COVID-19 vaccines was approved for emergency use in Canada in Dec. 2020, Canada has been reliant on pharmaceutical manufacturers with sites in Europe and India in order to secure supplies.

Battles between different jurisdictions over vaccine shipments have been Canada fall behind much of the western world in COVID-19 vaccine deployment, with shipments in January and February sometimes slowing to almost zero.

An earlier effort to build a COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing plant in Canada, with the National Research Council and American pharmaceutical firm Novavax, will not be ready until late in 2021 at the earliest.

-- With files from the Canadian Press

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