coronavirus on Tuesday, as the mass vaccination effort against the virus continued. Canada will receive 168K Moderna coronavirus vaccine doses this month, pending approval The new cases and fatalities come as doses of a vaccine continue to be unpacked and thawed for use across the country.The first doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were administered yesterday in Quebec and Ontario.The initial shipment of 30,000 vaccines is being split between the provinces on a per-capita basis.Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada has secured 168,000 coronavirus vaccines from American biotechnology company Moderna that, pending regulatory approval, should arrive before the end of.