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Quebec has fewer than 1,000 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine left and will continue to provide first doses of the shot, the health department says.
As for second doses, Quebec is awaiting studies on the possibility of using a different vaccine – Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna – for the follow-up shot.
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With supplies dwindling, Ontario and Alberta this week decided to suspend first doses of AstraZeneca, which has been linked to a blood-clotting disorder.
Quebec has received a total of 524,340 doses of AstraZeneca.
Gagandeep Kaur, Paavan Kaur and Parvinder Kaur
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Parvinder Kaur is pictured here with her baby daughter, Parvaan, in Christchurch where she lives with her husband, Maninder Singh and their sister and brother in law, Gagandeep Kaur and Pritpal Singh.
The two couples share more than a home: both families have a child living with the same grandparents in Rajasthan.
In both cases the families came to New Zealand hoping to work and establish themselves before sending for their children. Both Gagandeep and Parvinder are partway through the process of gaining their residency.
A year ago they decided they were ready to welcome back their daughters. Visas were arranged for both children and the grandparents who would stay with them while they transitioned back to living with their parents.
Border restrictions - Families kept apart Tuesday, May 4, 2021 Katy Gosset for RNZ
There should be three children in this picture but two of them are stuck in India. New Zealand s border closed just one day before toddlers, Nimrat and Tarman Kaur, were due to join their parents in Christchurch.
Parvinder Kaur is pictured here with her baby daughter, Parvaan, in Christchurch where she lives with her husband, Maninder Singh and their sister and brother in law, Gagandeep Kaur and Pritpal Singh.
The two couples share more than a home: both families have a child living with the same grandparents in Rajasthan.
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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.
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