Extended Border Closure and More Vaccine
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced another 30 day extension of the CanadaU.S. border closure
Justin Trudeau has announced another extension in the closure of the Canada-U.S. border amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Speaking on Tuesday morning, the Prime Minister said land borders will remain closed to non-essential travel until at least February 21 — another 30-day extension to the restrictions in place since mid-March.
Trudeau also said Tuesday that the federal government has reached a deal with Pfizer-BioNTech to buy an extra 20 million doses of the vaccine.
He says that means Canada will receive 80 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines this year and some time between now and April-June, Canada will have enough doses to vaccinate up to 20 million people against the virus.
— With files from The Canadian Press