Trudeau, de Croo visit Belgian Pfizer factory

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paid a visit to the Belgian Pfizer factory on Tuesday, on the last day of his first international trip in more than a year.

Trudeau's visit following a NATO summit "was mostly to say thank you," his Belgian counterpart Alexander De Croo said.  "It's a source of pride for our country."

The two premiers walked through the Pfizer plant, from which Canada has received some 10 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

The factory in the small town of Puurs is currently producing 100 million doses a month.

Inside it, thousand of freezers are keeping the temperature-sensitive vaccines at -75 degrees Celsius (-103 degrees Fahrenheit).

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