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A major development in Canada's pandemic: Health Canada approved Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine for kids as young as five, who have started getting vaccinated.

Here's CBC Ottawa's latest roundup of key updates during the coronavirus pandemic.

Even as COVID-19 precautions are gradually relaxed on both sides of the Ottawa River, restrictions on interprovincial travel could be extended past their original expiry date of June 16.

Schools in western Quebec have joined the province's two-week vaccination drive for youth ages 12-17. 

By Jacob Serebrin MONTREAL — Health experts in Quebec are criticizing the provincial government for what they say is a confusing vaccine rollout for people with chronic conditions. Holly Witteman, a professor at Universite Laval’s faculty of medicine, said Wednesday the appointment-booking process for people at high risk of serious complications from COVID-19 is “completely opaque.” Adding to the confusion, she said, is mixed messaging from the province. “It just demonstrates a lack of caring and a lack of respect for people who have been living at risk for over a year now,” she s...