COVID Vaccination in Canada (Update)
Dr. Ajay Babu Pazhayattil
Vice President | Pharmaceutical Management Consultant | Validation, Quality, Technical Operations Leader | Author | 24K+
Canadian COVID vaccination numbers (Jan 3- Feb 20, 2021). (Source data: Bloomberg)
Vaccination rates were found to be lower for Sundays and Mondays of the week. I could not find any explanation on why vaccinations for those two days are consistently low!
A week-by-week assessment identifies that the within-week variance is significantly high, i.e. swift changes are happening in vaccine administration on a daily basis. The daily administration situation is unpredictable possibly due to the minimal access to vaccine supplies, distribution, storage, and execution difficulties. Vaccination efforts are clearly not taking off (1st half vs 2nd half of the 50 days considered):