coronavirus vaccine directly from its manufacturer, according to Canada’s federal health minister.Patty Hajdu said that Canada does not have any “mechanisms to block corporations from purchasing” a vaccine or vaccine candidate “on a contractual basis.”“These are individual corporations that are selling to a variety of countries and selling to a variety of actors.
I don’t know the detail of Pfizer’s, for example, corporate contracts with other countries,” she said at a weekly COVID-19 briefing in Ottawa on Friday.“But I will say this — anything the Government of Canada procures for citizens will not be sold for a fee.” Coronavirus vaccine will arrive in Canada on Monday, government says Hajdu’s comments follow reports that the National.