New data favour administering COVID-19 vaccines as fast as possible, not reserving doses: Administering the vast majority of Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine doses right away would avert significantly more coronavirus infections than reserving half of the country’s allotment as second doses for the first recipients, according to new modelling from researchers at the University of Toronto.
Yet some provinces – including Ontario – are planning to keep half of their initial shipments in the freezer in case the vaccine supply chain breaks down, meaning fewer vulnerable people will be inoculated in the early weeks of the vaccine campaign.
Today in Dutch efficiency: the Netherlands will be the last country in the EU to start vaccination. One of the reasons is that they were "surprised" by the size of the packages. They contain 1000 doses each while NL expected to use small facilities.
