Albert Bourla, the company's top executive, comes after Canada learned it wouldn't receive a single vial of the highly effective vaccine next week, as Pfizer pauses some deliveries while it retools its Belgian manufacturing plant.
Dany Fortin, the military commander leading vaccine logistics for the Public Health Agency of Canada, has said Pfizer's deliveries will be reduced by up to 50 per cent over a four-week period, punting as many as 400,000 doses to a later date.
Bourla assured me that hundreds of thousands of Pfizer doses will be delivered the week of February 15Â and in the weeks to follow.".
Trudeau said that, despite the delivery hiccup, the company still expects to meet its promised delivery target of four million doses by the end of March — enough shots to fully vaccinate 2 million Canadians with the two-dose regime.
When asked Tuesday if he would lobby Pfizer to send more doses, Trudeau said Public Services and Procurement Minister Anita Anand was the lead on the file.
While Canada will receive no doses next week, the company said it "will be back to the original schedule of deliveries to the European Union beginning the week of Jan. 25.".
Trudeau said about 500,000 Moderna shots will be delivered to Canada in February.
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