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WORLD NEWS Saturday 28 November 2020

Trudeau expects most of Canada to be vaccinated by September

By ROB GILLIES to plan 3 million Canadians
Associated Press could get shots by the end
TORONTO (AP) — Prime of March. The U.S. Food
Minister Justin Trudeau said and Drug Administration is
Friday he expects more meeting Dec. 10 to consid-
than half of Canadians to er whether to give the go-
receive a COVID-19 vac- ahead to Pfizer.
cine by next September af- Canada has a purchase
ter he came under criticism deal to buy at least 20 mil-
for saying Canadians won't lion doses of Pfizer's vac-
be among the first to get cine.
doses. Ontario Premier Doug Ford
Trudeau said earlier this hopes to get the first doses
week Canada will have to in January.
wait for a vaccine because "I can't emphasize enough
the first ones are likely to with the prime minister that
be given to citizens of the the clock is ticking," Ford
countries they are made in. said.
He noted the United States, Toronto is on lockdown and
the United Kingdom and the country's largest prov-
Germany have mass vac- ince of Ontario reported a
cine-production facilities record 1,855 cases on Fri-
but Canada does not. day.
Opposition parties criticized "We're in for some of the
Trudeau for not ensuring toughest days of this pan-
Canadians get priority ac- demic," Trudeau said
cess to vaccines. Trudeau said Canada,
Trudeau said Friday he ex- which has a population of
pects vaccines to start ar- 37 million, has signed deals
riving early next year — but Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau listens to a question from a reporter during a bi-weekly that could give Canada
what month Canadians will news conference outside Rideau cottage in Ottawa, Ontario, Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. the most per capita vac-
get the first doses remains Associated Press cines in the world. And he
an open question. said the Canadian military
"The race to get to the we get to cross the finish tember, puts us in a very same ballpark." will play a role in distribution
starting line first, I can un- line and the fact that the good stead." Top Canadian health of- of the vaccine. An army
derstand, but this pandem- doctors highlighted that if Dr. Howard Njoo, Canada's ficials said Thursday Pfizer's general will oversee it.
ic doesn't get over until we all goes according to plan, deputy chief medical offi- COVID-19 vaccine candi- "This will be the biggest im-
reached the finish line," we should be able to have cer, said it would be by the date could be approved munization in the history
Trudeau said. a majority of Canadians end of next year but said in Canada next month of the country," Trudeau
"What really matters is when vaccinated by next Sep- Trudeau's timeline "is in the and if all goes according said.q

Indian police agree to allow protesting farmers into capital

NEW DELHI (AP) — Thou- anteed prices and result hi on tractors and cars,
sands of angry Indian farm- in their being exploited by the farmers were again
ers protesting against new corporations that would blocked by police at the
agricultural laws were al- buy their crops at cheap capital's fringes. This led to
lowed to enter the national prices. clashes between the farm-
capital late Friday after The government has said ers and police, who used
they clashed with police the laws are aimed at re- tear gas, water cannons
who had blocked them at forming agriculture by giv- and baton charges to push
the outskirts of the city. ing farmers the freedom them back.
The farmers, who fear the to market their produce In response, farmers used
new laws will reduce their and boosting production tractors to clear walls of
earnings and give more through private investment. concrete, shipping con-
power to corporations, will The farmers began their tainers and parked trucks
be escorted to a protest march to the capital on set up by police on roads
site in New Delhi, police in Thursday to mount pressure leading to the capital.
a statement. It was not im- on Prime Minister Naren- Some protesters also threw Protesting farmers react as tear gas shells explode at the border
mediately clear where the dra Modi's government to stones at the police and between Delhi and Haryana state, Friday, Nov. 27, 2020.
protests would be held. abolish the laws, but were waved the flags of farmer Associated Press
For the last two months, stopped by large numbers unions. There were no im-
farmer unions unwilling to of security personnel in riot mediate reports of injuries. the protesters from riding Punjab Chief Minister Ama-
accept the laws, which gear on the boundary be- "We are fighting for our commuter trains into the rinder Singh urged the fed-
were passed in September, tween New Delhi and Hary- rights. We won't rest until capital, the Delhi Metro eral government to initiate
have camped on high- ana state. we reach the capital and suspended some services. talks with leaders of the
ways in Punjab and Hary- They resumed their march force the government to Traffic slowed to a crawl farmers. Many of the pro-
ana states. early Friday, unfazed by abolish these black laws," as vehicles were checked testing farmers are from
They say the laws could overnight rain and chilly said Majhinder Singh Dhali- along state boundaries, Punjab, one of the larg-
cause the government to winter temperatures. wal, a leader. leading to huge jams on est agricultural states in
stop buying grain at guar- Heading toward New Del- Earlier, in a bid to stop some highways. India.q