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Beverly Spanier called it a miracle when she was among the first Quebecers to receive the vaccine against COVID-19 on Dec. 14.
But she’s not so happy about getting the second jab on Tuesday, when residents of the Donald Berman Maimonides Geriatric Centre in Côte St-Luc will again be among the first in the province to receive the final dose.
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“This is almost three months after the first shot,” said Spanier, 75, a retired teacher at Wagar High School who contracted COVID-19 a few days after receiving the first dose.
Once the majority of Quebecers 65 and up are vaccinated, it will be a whole new ballgame, says Premier François Legault, so he is asking the population people who want to play sports, people who have relatives who have been vaccinated already, people who are tired of the curfew, and everyone in between to hang tight until then.
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Premier François Legault says it may take another month before public health guidelines are eased in the greater Montreal area.
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Clients work out at a gym in Granby, Que., on Monday, finally able to pump iron after gyms were closed for about six months. Gyms are still closed in the Montreal region.(Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)