Pfizer says its COVID-19 vaccine protection lasts at least six months
Pfizer Inc and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine is around 91 per cent effective at preventing the disease, they said on Thursday, citing updated trial data that included participants inoculated for up to six months.
'I'm not going to stop': Industry minister vows to invest in Canada's vaccine manufacturing capacity
Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says he has plans to further improve the country’s domestic biomanufacturing capacity.
Mafia fugitive captured after police discover his YouTube cooking videos
An alleged mafia member, who had evaded calls for arrest since 2014, inadvertently led police his way through cooking videos he posted to YouTube. Marc Feren Claude Biart, 53, was arrested in Boca Chica, a Dominican Republic beach town that is a popular destination for Italian tourists. Biart and his wife had settled there by way of Costa Rica, according to the Washington Post . Biart and his wife had managed to keep a low profile in their new adopted hometown, with its Italian ex-pat community considering the couple “foreigners." But…
5 things to know for Thursday, April 1, 2021
Canada has now administered the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to 15.82 per cent of the country's eligible population.
What we know about J&J's single-dose vaccine, set to arrive at the end of April
Canada will soon add another COVID-19 vaccine to its supply, with procurement minister Anita Anand announcing this week that initial shipments of Johnson & Johnson's single-dose jab are to arrive by the end of April.
Canada on track to pick new fighter jet next year despite COVID-19
Canada's top military procurement official says he is optimistic the federal government will finally end its decade-long search for a new fighter jet for the Royal Canadian Air Force next year despite challenges and delays from the pandemic.
Company at heart of J&J vaccine woes has series of citations
The company at the centre of quality problems that led Johnson & Johnson to discard an unknown amount of its coronavirus vaccine has a string of citations from U.S. health officials for quality control problems.
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