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Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam listens to a question during a news conference, in Ottawa, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Federal health officials are laying out their vision for what life could look like after most Canadians are vaccinated against COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld May 14, 2021 - 2:24 PM
Federal health authorities laid out their vision of what life could look like after most Canadians are vaccinated against COVID-19, just as regional officials warned some people may be getting ahead of themselves through ill-advised gatherings.
Canada s chief public health officer raised hopes Friday that summer fun and fall holiday bashes may lie ahead as she rolled out a blueprint for how the vaccination campaign could lift the country out of COVID-19 lockdown.
Federal officials lay out road map for post-vaccine life as third wave ebbs
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Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam listens to a question during a news conference, in Ottawa, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Federal health officials are laying out their vision for what life could look like after most Canadians are vaccinated against COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Federal health authorities laid out their vision of what life could look like after most Canadians are vaccinated against COVID-19, just as regional officials warned some people may be getting ahead of themselves through ill-advised gatherings.
Canada’s chief public health officer raised hopes Friday that summer fun and fall holiday bashes may lie ahead as she rolled out a blueprint for how the vaccination campaign could lift the country out of COVID-19 lockdown.
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In late April, European Union member states agreed on the technical specifications for their proposed Digital Green Certificate. This certificate, often colloquially described as a vaccine passport, aims to restore free and safe movement within the European Union.
Within days of this news, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, suggested in a New York Times interview that European Union borders could also be open to vaccinated American tourists this summer. Canadian reporters swiftly turned to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to ask about the use of vaccination certificates for international travel.
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OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday Canadians can expect a much better summer, but only if they get vaccinated and continue to follow health restrictions and push COVID cases down to low levels.
Trudeau said Canadians need to continue to get COVID-19 vaccines and follow health restrictions, but there is a way forward.
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“If we can do this, we can have a more normal, better summer and a one-dose summer sets us up for a two-dose fall,” he said.