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OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stressed vaccinations are the only way for Canada to return to normal Tuesday, but did not directly contradict the advice of an expert panel that said Canadians should wait for an mRNA vaccine if they can.
On Monday, the National Advisory Council on Immunization (NACI) said that while the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines were effective they should only be used in people over 30 due to a rare blood clot risk.
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KITCHENER Hundreds of people in Waterloo Region don t know when they ll be able to receive a second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine due to a supply shortage. Brian Stoddard received his first dose on April 5 at a local pharmacy. His second dose is booked for July. All I know at this point is that I have an appointment, but I don t have anything to confirm that, Stoddard said. Nancy McCurdy got her first dose four weeks ago. It seems like there are certainly some issues with the distribution, she said. Many pharmacies across the region have run out of AstraZeneca shots and said they don t have any new deliveries confirmed at this time.
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Every Ontario school board will provide students the option to learn virtually when they return to school in the fall, Education Minister Stephen Lecce said Tuesday. And boards have been told not to require a decision by parents on whether their student will attend school in-person until June 1, at the earliest.
Asked at at his press conference whether remote learning will be a permanent part of the public school system after the 2021-2022 school year, Lecce said, “We’ve committed ourselves to consulting on providing that choice beyond this year.
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