OTTAWA: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the state of the pandemic is “frightening,” and is vowing that the number of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines being delivered to Canada will “scale up,” in February.

In a national address on Friday, Trudeau said that 68 delivery sites across the country received thousands of Pfizer and Moderna doses this week. In light of provincial calls for more doses, he said quantities of both will continue to increase.

“Quantities of both the Pfizer and the Moderna vaccine will scale up in February. Remember that Canada has the most vaccines secured per capita in the world, which implies that, by September, we will have sufficient vaccines for every Canadian who wants one,” he said during his national update on the COVID-19 response on Friday. 

Quebec province, which is to impose a one-month curfew starting on Saturday, is also facing a strained health system. The province reported 2,588 new cases on Friday and 45 additional deaths.

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