The Food and Drug Administration greenlighted the Moderna and Pfizer kid shots on Friday and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended them Saturday.
Deputy Chief Public Health Officer Howard Njoo told a news conference this morning that Health Canada continues to review Moderna's application for a vaccine to protect children between six months and five years old.
According to a 2019 report from the Canadian Patient Safety Institute, Canada was already facing a public health crisis prior to the pandemic: a crisis of patient safety.