Montreal’s public health director indicated her department is on a mission this month to squelch as many variant cases as possible in Montreal and accelerate vaccination of the elderly population before a possible third wave strikes.
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In this Jan. 22, 2021, file photo, empty vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are seen at a vaccination centre at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Las Vegas.
Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-John Locher February 15, 2021 - 10:20 AM COVID-19 vaccination is expected to ramp up across the country this week as manufacturer Pfizer-BioNTech begins boosting deliveries after a month-long slowdown. The federal government says beginning this week, it expects to receive weekly shipments of more than 400,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine until at least April 4. That number represents a significant jump in vaccine shipments to Canada, which has received a total of about 928,200 Pfizer doses since December.
Wearing a cloth mask over a procedural mask not only adds another layer, but helps flatten the edges of the procedural mask against the face, closing gaps.
Parti Québécois says it s perplexed over what it thinks was a staged move by Health Minister Christian Dubé when he wore two masks instead of one on Thursday.