<\/section>\nThis delivery is part of a broad donation strategy previously announced by the Biden administration.<\/p>\n
By the end of this month, the U.S. is expected to have donated some 80 million doses worldwide. The one\u00a0million shots being sent to Canada are a part of this allocation.<\/p>\n
In addition, U.S.\u00a0President Joe Biden announced during the G7 summit in the U.K.\u00a0that the U.S. will purchase and donate 500 million Pfizer doses over the next year.<\/p>\n
At that same meeting, Canada also pledged to donate up to 100 million doses as part of the global effort to end the pandemic.<\/p>\n
The U.S. also loaned 1.5 million doses of Astra Zeneca to Canada earlier this year.<\/p>\n
Public Services and Procurement Minister Anita Anand\u00a0confirmed the new doses are set to arrive this evening, and thanked the Biden administration for its partnership.<\/p>\n
“We continue to work with partners around the world, including the United States, to ensure access to vaccines for Canadians, as well as to help meet demands internationally,” she said in a statement to CBC News.<\/p>\n
Why does it matter?<\/h2>\n
While Canada’s vaccine rollout has sped up in recent weeks, it still lags behind the U.S. when it comes to delivering second doses.<\/p>\n
So far, over 44 per cent of the American population is considered fully vaccinated.\u00a0In Canada, that number is just over\u00a014 per cent.<\/p>\n
Though overall, vaccine enthusiasm is appears to be much higher in Canada.\u00a0Some\u00a065 per cent of Canadians\u00a0have had a first dose.<\/p>\n
That number in the U.S., according to the\u00a0Centres for Disease Control, is 52 per cent.<\/p>\n
Some American politicians are keen to see more Canadians become fully vaccinated, in the hopes that the Trudeau government will start lifting border restrictions.<\/p>\n
Ottawa has said that it\u00a0hopes to lift some border restrictions by early July, though would not commit to a specific time frame.<\/p>\n
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