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Ottawa Shifts Vaccine Injury Program From Private Firm to Public Health Agency Amid Concerns

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Ottawa Shifts Vaccine Injury Program From Private Firm to Public Health Agency Amid Concerns

A syringe of the COVID-19 vaccine at a Toronto clinic on December 14, 2020. The Canadian Press/Frank Gunn

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) says it will take over administering the federal vaccine injury program from a third-party company after questions about the program’s operation.

The decision comes weeks after the federal health department launched an investigation into the company, Oxaro, and started looking for alternative ways to deliver the program.

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