EFE.- The Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, insisted this Monday that the AstraZeneca vaccine “Is safe and effective” despite the fact that several European countries have suspended its use due to the possibility that it causes the appearance of thrombi in some cases.
Trudeau He also explained that the problems seem to be reduced to “a specific batch of the vaccine used in Europe” and that the doses that Canada is using to inoculate its population have been manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, which although it is biologically the same as the vaccine AstraZeneca is manufactured under different conditions.
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“The Ministry of Health and our experts have spent a lot of time making sure that every vaccine approved in Canada is safe and effective,” Trudeau declared during a press conference in Montreal, adding that “the best vaccine for everyone is the first one. is offered. This is how we are going to get through this as quickly and safely as possible. “
Trudeau, 49, also assured that he will wait his turn to be vaccinated against Covid-19.
Although Canada was the first country in the world to approve the use of four vaccines (Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johson), and the one that has bought the most doses, more than 400 million, the North American country suffered supply problems in January and February and its vaccination schedule is more behind than that of the United States or major European countries.
Today’s date, Canada it ranks 54th in the world by percentage of the vaccinated population. 6.56% of the 38 million Canadians have received at least one dose of the covid-19 vaccines, a total of 3,996,970 people. Of this number, only 598,804 have received the two doses that guarantee immunization.
And several provinces in the country are contemplating injecting the second dose up to four months after the first to provide partial immunity to as many people as possible as quickly as possible.
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Right now, Canada has registered 911 thousand 19 cases of Covid-19 and 22 thousand 482 deaths, the majority in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario.
In the past week, Trudeau announced that between March 22 and May 10, Canada will receive one million doses of the vaccine a week by Pfizer against Covid-19 .
Trudeau said shipments of the vaccine from Pfizer will accelerate the rate of vaccination.
