Feds hold groundbreaking ceremony for Moderna’s mRNA vaccine factory in Montreal area
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MONTREAL — The new mRNA vaccine factory being built near Montreal by Moderna will help ensure Canada’s health security in the face of more pandemics that are expected in the coming decades, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday.
Trudeau took part in a groundbreaking ceremony in Laval, Que., for the new facility by the Massachusetts-based biotechnology company. He donned a helmet and reflective vest as he toured the grounds, where preparation and foundation work is underway.
The factory is expected to be completed in 2024 at the earliest and produce 100 million doses of mRNA vaccines per year. It will manufacture vaccines against COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses, including influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.
The prime minister told reporters the COVID-19 pandemic has spurred conversations about “how to make sure Canada is once again able to respond not just to its own needs, but to help lead the world at a time of uncertainty and a time of potentially more pandemics in the coming decades.”
