COVID-19 Task Force says the pandemic should be viewed as a wake-up call for Canada to create its own domestic vaccine manufacturing capacity.Dr.
Alan Bernstein says that with new variants of the novel coronavirus emerging, Canadians might need multiple vaccines for several years.“The government’s made hints of doing it.
But I think the sooner we get on with it, the better,” Bernstein, who is also the head of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), said in an interview Friday.“We need domestic vaccine production capacity in the country for the next pandemic, and also for this pandemic.
If there are variants arising, we may be designing second, third-generation vaccines and vaccinating the population for the next two or three.