Canada expecting 3.3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses this week

The Public Health Agency of Canada says as many as 3.3 million shots of COVID-19 vaccines are due to arrive this week.

The influx would mark the single-largest week of vaccine deliveries to Canada since the start of the pandemic.

Pfizer and BioNTech are scheduled to ship nearly 1.2 million doses this week, while around 1.5 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from the U.S. are expected on Tuesday.

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The comes as Ottawa reported receiving more than six million doses as of last week. Of those, more than five million had been administered by Sunday afternoon.

The inoculation campaign is continuing amid mounting concerns over a variant-tinged third wave of the pandemic.