How likely is it that we’ll need a hantavirus vaccine? And other questions answered by an epidemiologist
2026-05-15 from globalnews.ca
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government promised that Canada would become a vaccine hub. But did that ever happen?
The answer, according to an epidemiologist, is “sort of.”
The University of Ottawa’s Raywat Deonandan said Canada is in a better position now than it was six years ago, but some elements are still lacking.
“We’ve got about a dozen vaccine manufacturing centres across the country, but only three can be scaled up to industrial-level manufacturing,” he said in an interview with CTV Your Morning Wednesday.
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