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TORONTO We ve been hearing for months now that once vaccines begin rolling out and more people are protected against COVID-19 we can start living our lives a little bit more normally. But even though 25 per cent of Ontarians have their first shot - along with 21 per cent of Canadians - the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) isn t issuing any new post-vaccine guidance at this point. In a statement to CTV News, PHAC says, that with the uncertainty of variants and the crushing third wave of the pandemic, even fully vaccinated people have to keep following all public health guidelines. The end date for that? Unclear. So is this the right way to be doing things - or are we playing it too safe?
MONTREAL While doctors, nurses and other healthcare staff who work with COVID patients were among the first people in Quebec to get their COVID-19 vaccines, many family doctors are still waiting their turn. In a memo acquired by CTV News, Association des medecins omnipracticiens de Montreal president Michel Vachon told the association s members that he found the situation “inconceivable and unacceptable and we hope to correct it rapidly.” Vachon said the association was in talks with the province s Health Ministry, vaccination committee and public health officials to get its members higher on the priority list. According to a December Health Ministry directive on the prioritization of vaccinating healthcare workers, “Priority is based on the criticality of the sector or resources” and the vaccine should be given to “Staff in direct contact with users or in direct contact with staff giving care and services.”
MONTREAL Several residents at a Quebec long-term care home have tested positive for COVID-19 despite being among the first people in Canada to receive the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. Seven people at the Maimonides long-term care home in western Montreal “were infected within the first 28 days after their first [vaccine] dose,” the regional health-care authority that oversees the home said in a statement. The outbreak doesn t suggest anything new about the vaccine it was already clear it doesn t give full protection with a single dose, nor right away but it is highlighting worries in Quebec, where people are already on edge about the province’s “off-label” vaccination campaign and the contradictory information around it.