65% of eligible Canadians had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine as of Friday, but roughly 7% of the eligible population were fully vaccinated
Leanne Watson spent parts of the last few weeks wondering if she'd made a mistake getting the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in early May and if she'd have the option to take a different jab the second time around.
A push to shift efforts toward fully vaccinating the population gained steam Friday with Canada s advisory panel on vaccines urging second doses "as soon as possible," and federal health officials . . .
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A push to shift efforts toward fully vaccinating the population gained steam Friday with Canada’s advisory panel on vaccines urging second doses “as soon as possible” and federal health officials hinging summer reopening plans and any eased travel rules on immunizations and ongoing public health measures.
Health Minister Patty Hajdu and Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam touted “layers of protection” as key to emerging from a formidable third wave that new modelling suggests is continuing to wane, urging caution as some provinces eye reopenings.
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Kelly Grindrod was confused when she first heard of people leaving COVID-19 vaccine clinics once they realized they'd be getting the Moderna jab a surprising turn that experts say suggests some Canadians are mistaking the product as inferior to its Pfizer-BioNTech counterpart.