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Three fully vaccinated residents of an Ottawa long-term care home have died of COVID-19 in recent weeks, the company that operates the long-term care home has confirmed.
“We are saddened to confirm that three residents at Extendicare Medex recently passed away,” said Extendicare spokesperson Laura Gallant.
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The three residents of the long-term care home, which is located in Nepean, were all vaccinated in January and had received two doses, Gallant said.
The association that represents Ontario’s pharmacists has asked the province to let them continue giving first doses of AstraZeneca vaccines at least until…
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Ontario will no longer give AstraZeneca vaccinations as first doses because of the risk of rare blood clots.
The announcement by public health officials came late Tuesday after increased reports of the rare blood-clotting syndrome known as VITT in Ontario in recent days after people received the AstraZeneca vaccine.
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“This decision was made out of an abundance of caution due to an observed increase in the rare blood clotting syndrome known as VITT linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine,” said Dr. David Williams, Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health.