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Article content As the pace of vaccinations mounts, so too does the yearning of socially deprived Montrealers for a return to normalcy. Mayor Valérie Plante is talking about reopening restaurant terrasses on June 1. Quebec’s sleepaway camps have just gotten the green light to pitch tents for the summer. Visions of attending open-air concerts are dancing in the heads of many. But the question of how safe it is to launch back into group activities with only a portion of the population inoculated with just one dose hangs heavily in the air. We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

Pfizer Vaccine Approved for 12 to 15 Year Olds in Canada – May 5, 2021 Health Canada approves the administration of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for 12 to 15 year olds. This vaccine was previously reserved for people aged 16 years and over. Clinical trials have shown that it produces enough antibodies in 12 to 15 year olds to counter the coronavirus. We discuss it with Dr. Roxane Borgès Da Silva, public health expert and professor at the School of Public Health of the University of Montreal. Insults and threats of all kinds on social media … Le Devoir newspaper polled a third of ...

Quebec will ship AstraZeneca to regions if Montrealers don't want it "For someone who is 55 or older, there is 8,000 times higher risk of dying from COVID than from taking the AstraZeneca vaccine." Author of the article: Michelle Lalonde  •  Montreal Gazette Publishing date: Apr 16, 2021  •  3 hours ago  •  4 minute read  •  AstraZeneca "is a vaccine that after 35 days offers a protection of 73 per cent against illness. It is a vaccine that is possibly even better than Pfizer and Moderna against serious complications from COVID-19 illness," Dr. Paul Le Guerrier says....

Earlier curfew hits Montreal's usual springtime joy. Will it even work? cbc.ca 2 hrs ago Benjamin Shingler, Franca G. Mignacca © Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press Residents in Montreal and Laval, Que., will have to head inside earlier starting Sunday, or risk a hefty fine. With the pandemic dragging on, and public health restrictions depriving Montrealers of any sense of normalcy, taking a late-evening stroll in the warming weather had been, for many, a moment of reprieve. Starting Sunday, however, residents in Montreal and neighbouring Laval, Que., will be forced to head ...

Experts say speed is critical to mitigate the spread of more transmissible COVID-19 variants in Quebec.