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With cases emerging of rare but serious blood clots following vaccination with the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, the compensation program announced by the federal government last December still isn't ready to consider any claims. ....
Article content Lynne McVey, executive director of the West Island CIUSSS, said the health authority has been working on finding ways of vaccinating the most people possible while using the smallest number of personnel. The drive-thru site is in line with that idea, she said, and the CIUSSS will share what it learns from the site with other health boards to help them develop their own. Dubé said discussions about other potential drive-thru vaccination sites have already started and could be announced soon. Quebec has so far administered more than 3 million first doses and 109,000 second doses. In the 55 to 59 age group, Quebec has reached its goal of vaccinating 75 per cent of the population. That’s not so for the Montreal region, however, where another 10,000 people in that age group still need their first dose to reach the target. ....
Try refreshing your browser, or Letters to the editor: Who is accountable for Canada s botched COVID response? Back to video Dr. Chowdhury gets top points for being diplomatic about calling our leaders to task, asking that we hold them accountable and not blameworthy. I’ll play along with that, but it is vital that we ask questions and determine answers for critical events in the attempt to deal with COVID-19. Who is accountable for the botched order of vaccine from China and the scurry to find alternate sources for vaccine when China cancelled the deal? The delay in finding new sources, coming into the market when almost every other country had already cornered the market, created a delay in getting our deliveries and put us behind the 8-ball. Additionally, who is accountable for extending the date of second vaccination, supposedly to allow more to receive the first jab? Wise or expedient? ....