Ottawa, Ontario – Global Affairs Canada Vaccines are a critical part of the global response to the current mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and neighbouring countries. Canada is committed to health security in Africa and vaccine equity, to ensure vaccines reach those who need them most. The Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of International Development, and …
Ottawa – According to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), deliveries of both the Moderna Spikevax and Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty vaccines, which target the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant, are “well underway.” The agency said that more than 12 million doses are currently available throughout Canada. Additional doses will be arriving in the coming weeks.
TORONTO – Moderna, Inc, a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, has announced that it has initiated the filing of a rolling New Drug Submission (NDS) to Health Canada for its updated monovalent COVID-19 vaccine, SPIKEVAX® XBB.1.5 (mRNA1273.815) targeting the omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 of SARS-CoV-2. This follows Moderna’s submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for …
Ottawa – On May 5, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that COVID-19 is now an established and ongoing health issue and no longer constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Even though the current COVID-19 situation no longer constitutes a global health emergency, vaccines remain the best line of defense as the virus is still circulating across Canada …
Ottawa – On May 4, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) convened a meeting of its International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency Committee to consider whether the COVID-19 pandemic still constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The WHO Director General originally declared that the COVID-19 pandemic constituted a PHEIC on January 30, 2020. The WHO Director General considered the advice …
