171,600 doses of the Moderna vaccine set to be delivered by the end of next week: Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin

Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, the military commander leading vaccine logistics in Canada, says 171,600 doses of the Moderna vaccine are set to be delivered by the end of next week.

He says 170,000 more are expected during the first week of February, then delivery will begin to scale up, with 250,000 doses by the end of next month and 1.24 million in March.

As for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, 208,650 doses will be delivered to the provinces on a weekly basis for the rest of January, and in February, that will increase to up to 367,000 doses per week.

He says that will mean 1.4 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in February, but Canada is still working to figure out the Pfizer-BioNTech allocations for March.

Fortin also says Pfizer has updated its guidelines and procedures for transporting vaccine doses in a thawed state, which means more options for more delivery sites and smaller amounts.