BETTER SUMMERâ While first doses of the two-shot COVID-19 vaccines approved for use in Canada offer some degree of efficacy, health officials are urging Canadians not to let their guards down while they wait to receive their second doses. On Tuesday, Trudeau noted that there is hope for a âslightly better summer,â but added that restrictions need to stay in place until at least 75 per cent of the population has their first shot and 20 per cent have been fully vaccinated. According to data compiled by CTV News, if doses arrive as scheduled, Canada could hit that target by June. But that doesnât mean the pandemic-era habits weâve become used to will go away.
iPolitics By Charlie Pinkerton. Published on May 13, 2021 5:29pm Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, receiving their first shots of AstraZeneca s COVID vaccine in April (Adam Scotti/Prime Minister s Office photo)
With most provinces deciding to stop distributing AstraZeneca’s vaccine, the federal government is sticking with the shot that’s created one of its biggest obstacles yet to getting all Canadians inoculated against COVID-19.
Beginning on Tuesday with Alberta and Ontario, all but a single province announced this week they wouldn’t be administering any more first doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Ontario, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island are stopping due to concerns about the risk of blood clots, according to the provinces’ officials.
iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on May 12, 2021 6:03am AstraZeneca s COVID vaccine (WikiMedia Commons photo)
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Questions over AstraZeneca’s future: The future use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine in Canada is in question due to blood clot concerns, supply issues, and increased supply of alternative shots. First Alberta, and then Ontario, announced they will no longer administer first doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Alberta said it was due to supply scarcity, while Ontario cited a rising rate of the rare blood-clotting condition connected to the shot.
After receiving his first shot in April, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his doctor s latest advice to him is to take a second shot of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, should it be offered to him when the time comes.
A day after the country's largest province said it would suspend the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, the federal government confirmed Wednesday that tens of thousands more doses of this product will arrive next week.