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Windsor Regional Hospital CEO David Musyj said the recommendations given to the government by the Testing and Screening Expert Advisory Panel indicate crossing the border will be complicated for those who aren’t fully vaccinated when the U.S. border is reopened.
Musyj added with rumours circulating in the U.S. media and prominent American politicians openly urging the border reopen soon, the community and health-care organizations better start preparing.
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“It’s not set in stone right now, but everything is leading towards the need to be, at a minimum, partially vaccinated but most likely fully vaccinated to allow for easy travel there or coming home,” Musyj said.
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Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu called Mayor Drew Dilkens on Friday about the increasingly vexing issue of getting surplus Michigan vaccine being offered to Windsor.
But, Dilkens said afterwards, “I’m not really sure the purpose of the call except to say that we spoke because I didn’t learn anything new and certainly there wasn’t a receptive party on the other side to hear what I was saying.
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The mayor’s quest to get surplus Detroit vaccine into the arms of Windsorites needing a second dose took a significant step Wednesday when the board managing…
A line was painted on the road in the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel overnight, demarcating the physical border between Canada and the U.S. — a possible destination touted by Windsor’s mayor for administering COVID vaccines.