The delay in delivery of the Pfizer vaccine has placed focus on vaccines still being tested — those from AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson. These vaccines have not yet been approved in Canada although AstraZeneca has been approved in the UK and India. Health Canada spokesperson Eric Morrissette told the National Post that government regulators continue to look at the vaccine and have been receiving information from the company since last fall, but they don’t have a firm timeline for a decision.
Guarded optimism in Ontario
There’s guarded optimism that Ontario may be flattening the spread of C-19. Thursday the Ministry of Health reported 2,632 new cases and 46 more deaths linked to the virus. As seen in the tweet below, Health Minister Christine Elliott says there were 897 new cases in Toronto, 412 in Peel Region and 245 in York Region. Most notably, testing for this period achieved a healthy 70,300. Typically, more testing reveals more cases.
Ontario is reporting 2,632 cases of #COVID19 and nearly 70,300 tests completed. Locally, there are 897 new cases in Toronto, 412 in Peel, 245 in York Region, 162 in Ottawa and 118 in Waterloo.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) January 21, 2021
