The Government of Canada has signed a deal to get up to 26,000 doses of a new Covid-19 therapeutic treatment drug from the company Eli Lilly, with options to buy more
Today Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada has also received over 24 million syringes and needles for when a vaccine arrives and others will be ordered.
Unlike a vaccine, the therapeutic drug will be used to treat Covid-19, not prevent it.
“So to the scientists and researchers across the country, thank-you for everything you do,” he said.
Trudeau says Canada is lucky to have so many world-class scientists and researchers.
Watch my Tuesday update live for the latest on COVID-19, therapeutics, and our plan to do whatever it takes, for as long as it takes, to help you and your family: https://t.co/fihmSU1pw0
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) November 24, 2020