Safety won’t be compromised for vaccine, Canada’s top doctors say

Aug 11, 2020 | 1:04 PM

OTTAWA — The chief public health officer says Canada will not cut corners to get a vaccine for COVID-19 approved.

Dr. Theresa Tam says she has full confidence in Health Canada’s process to approve a vaccine.

She says she is cautiously optimistic that will happen soon but says safety will not be compromised to get there.

Her words come as Russia approved the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday.