Manitoba donates 182K vax doses
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More than 182,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines earmarked for Manitoba have been donated for international aid in the past seven months.
The province started sending excess vaccine supply back for federal redistribution at the end of July. The surplus doses go back to the federal government and become part of the supply that’s donated to other countries.
Canada has donated 13.8 million doses to the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access facility (COVAX) and an additional 762,080 AstraZeneca doses to Latin American and Caribbean countries via direct agreements with those countries, as of Feb. 25.
It’s unclear how much excess vaccine supply is contributed per province and territory. A provincial breakdown of redistributed doses was not available Friday.
In a statement, a provincial government spokesperson said Manitoba is one of the few provinces that can donate excess vaccines.
“Though international vaccination programs for COVID-19 are within the purview of the federal government, Manitoba is supportive of international efforts to promote and provide vaccines.
“Manitoba has contributed vaccines that had been previously allocated for our province to the federal supply, which becomes part of the supply used to support other countries. Manitoba is one of the few provinces that can send excess vaccine stock back for donation due to the provincial warehouse having a drug establishment licence.”