By The Canadian Press

Feds on track to have enough doses of COVID-19 vaccine for eligible Canadians

Jul 26, 2021 | 9:40 AM

The federal government expects to receive enough doses of COVID-19 vaccine this week to fully inoculate all eligible Canadians.

Ottawa is anticipating shipments of roughly five million doses of COVID-19 vaccine this week.

That will bring the total number of doses received up to 68 million enough to administer two doses to all 33.2 million Canadians aged 12 and over.

Those under the age of 12 will have to wait for trials on younger children to be completed before getting their jabs.

As of Friday, 57.45 per cent of Canadians 12 and older had been fully vaccinated, and 79.66 per cent had received at least one dose.

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The first-dose vaccination rate in Alberta is 75.2 per cent, and 62 per cent of eligible Albertans have received their second doses.

In Grande Prairie, the vaccinate rate is well below both the provincial and national average. Just 56.7 per cent of eligible residents in the City have received their first dose, while 54.1 per cent of County residents have received their first jab.

This week’s deliveries will include 3.6 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, and 1.4 million doses of Moderna’s product.

(With files from EverythingGP)