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  MONTREAL -- David Gallo has been battling cancer for the last two years and is now doing it in the middle of a pandemic. With a weakened immune system, the last thing he wants is a delay in getting his COVID-19 vaccine. But that’s exactly what he and others in Montreal with a chronic illness are facing. And they want answers. The trouble is, they don’t seem to be getting them. But he said he was told the hospital didn’t have the means to administer shots -- the plan the province had said was in place -- and to instead contact his pharmacy to get the vaccine.

Article content Saying the AstraZeneca vaccine is safe and effective against COVID-19, a world expert in thrombosis is seeking to reassure Montrealers who might be worried about developing blood clots. “Blood clots actually occur at a far higher rate in the general population than among people who have received the AstraZeneca vaccine,” Dr. Susan Kahn, the director of the Centre for Excellence in Thrombosis and Anticoagulation Care at the Jewish General Hospital, said in a statement Monday. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Montreal blood-cl...

Top updates Quebec won’t get back to normal for at least two months, premier says Schools, non-essential businesses may again be closed in Montreal and Laval: Legault Legault ‘forgets’ possibly unpopular measures at news conferences, PQ charges Broke and defiant: Young curfew protesters accumulate tickets they can’t pay ‘Free Horacio Arruda,’ PQ says Quebec reports 1,490 cases, 12 deaths as hospitalizations rise In one neighbourhood last night, Montrealers protested the curfew by banging pots Majority of Quebecers satisfied with Legault’s pandemic measures: ...

Top updates Starting Sunday, curfew moves back to 8 p.m. in Montreal and Laval Long waits for COVID-19 test results in Outaouais STM ridership fell 54% last year amid pandemic Travelling to Quebec’s yellow or green zones could cost scofflaws $6,000 Cases soar in Quebec City and neighbouring Chaudière-Appalaches region Quebec reports 1,609 new cases – most since January Hospitalizations and ICU admissions on the rise Canadian doctors condemn ‘continually changing rules and measures’ Here’s the full list of Quebec’s walk-in AstraZeneca vaccination clinics AstraZeneca jab is proving...

Article content Some other key statistics from Quebec’s latest COVID-19 update, published this morning: Montreal Island: 299 cases, zero deaths. 29 more people are in hospital. Total hospitalizations: 543. 2 more people are in intensive care. Total in ICU: 123. 43,631 additional vaccine doses were administered, bringing the total to 1,636,310. On Monday, Quebec conducted 34,499 tests. That’s the last day for which screening data is available. The positivity rate is 4 per cent. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Quebec has reported 319,802 cases and 10,709 deaths linked to COVID-19. A to...