CTV.ca News Staff

Canada is doing the only thing it can to protect Canadians from a possible flu pandemic -- stocking up on as much antiviral medication as possible.

That's according to federal Health Minister Tony Clement, who told CTV's Question Period the goal is to build a stockpile that is sufficient to cover every Canadian.

"That's all we can do right now. That's all anybody can do right now," Clement said. "There's no vaccine that exists in the world because we don't know the type of strain that we'll be facing."

The antiviral, which comes in the form of a pill, will be used to "bridge the gap," until a vaccine could be developed and produced, in the event of a pandemic, Clement said.


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