Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunizations says it's safe for Canadians to mix COVID-19 vaccine types. Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada's Chief Publ.
Manitobans who got a first dose of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine can receive a second dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine if they meet provincial eligibility requirements, the province says.
Last Updated Thursday, May 6, 2021 4:13PM EDT Ontario reported a new milestone in its COVID-19 vaccination effort Thursday, logging more than 140,000 doses administered in a single day for the first time. Numbers released by the province Thursday morning showed that Ontario administered 141,038 vaccine doses on Wednesday, a new single day record. Ontario administered 132,603 doses on Tuesday; 88,871 doses on Monday; and just 53,880 doses on Sunday. The federal government published a vaccine distribution schedule weeks ago indicating that Pfizer would ramp up its deliveries drastically starting this week and the company appears to have delivered. Ontario is scheduled to receive close to 800,000 Pfizer doses per week through to the end of May and that figure is set to rise to around 940,000 doses per week in each week of June.
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TORONTO Ontario is reporting more than 4,000 new COVID-19 cases as well as 24 more deaths related to the disease. The 4,094 infections reported Saturday marks a decrease from the 4,505 cases logged a day earlier. The number of COVID-19 infections reported daily has fluctuated throughout the week, dipping into the 3,000s after a few days of case counts above 4,000. The seven-day rolling average of daily COVID-19 cases now stands at about 4,094, a significant decline from the 4,370 infections a week ago. According to provincial officials, about 52,160 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the last 24-hour period, yielding a positivity rate of about 7.8 per cent.