By Canadian Press

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada

Jan 15, 2021 | 8:43 AM

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):

9:56 a.m.

Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam says Canada is on track to hit 10,000 new daily infections of COVID-19 by the end of January.

New modelling shows the total number of cases could reach 796,630 by Jan. 24 and another 2,000 people could die.

Tam says there is rapid and widespread community spread of COVID-19, and governments and individuals need to do everything they can to reduce contacts.

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She says measures to reduce contacts must be kept in place long enough to prevent an immediate resurgence of infections as soon as the lockdown measures are lifted.

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9:40 a.m.

U.S. drug-maker Pfizer is temporarily cutting back vaccine deliveries to Canada because of issues with its European production lines.

Procurement Minister Anita Anand says Pfizer thinks it will still be able to deliver four million doses by the end of March, but it’s no longer guaranteed.

Canada has received about 380,000 doses of the vaccine so far, and was supposed to get another 400,000 this month, followed by almost two million doses in February.

There is no update yet on what the new deliveries will be.

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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 15, 2021.

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