Health Canada has approved the second vaccine against COVID-19. The Moderna vaccine was approved by interim order on Dec. 23.
Canada is expected to get up to 40 million doses of the vaccine in 2021, enough to vaccinate 20 million people. The vaccine is considered to be upwards of 90 per cent effective when given in two 0.5 millilitre doses, one month apart.
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