A new poll suggests tensions over COVID-19 vaccines in Canada are high as frictions grow between those who are vaccinated against the virus and those who are not.
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Vaccine Hunters Canada halt social media posts, pivot to self-serve tools
Vaccine Hunters Canada, the volunteer-run organization which has helped thousands of Canadians find COVID-19 vaccines, will stop posting on their social media pages on Tuesday and pivot towards self-serve tools.
Two-thirds favour barring unvaccinated students from attending classes: poll
Two-thirds of Canadians say they are in favor of keeping non-vaccinated college and university students out of class while almost six in 10 also favour barring school-aged children from in-person learning.
Ontario’s vaccine targets to fully reopen could be met in 10 days: top doctor
Ontario’s chief medical officer of health expects the province will be able to fully reopen in a week to 10 days.
Ontario Health says mixing vaccines is safe after WHO chief scientist comments
Health officials are reassuring Ontarians that mixing COVID-19 vaccines is safe and effective against the virus, following some confusion about messaging from the World Health Organization that seemed to say there is not enough data on the practice yet.
Ontario top doc calls for vaccine push among young people ahead of school return
Ontario’s top doctor is calling for all eligible people — especially young adults and teens — to get vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of the planned return to schools in September.
Ontario youth aged 12 to 17 can now book earlier 2nd dose of COVID-19 vaccine
All Ontarians aged 12 to 17 are eligible for an accelerated second dose of COVID-19 vaccine as of this morning.
Youth don’t need adult permission to get vaccinated, experts say
As thousands of youth aged 12 and above line up to get their COVID-19 shots, parents and guardians may be surprised to learn that they don’t have to give permission for their kids to be vaccinated.
UK officials report Pfizer, AstraZeneca vaccines effective against Indian variant
British health officials expressed optimism Sunday that the coronavirus restrictions remaining in England can be lifted in June after an official study found that the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines offer effective protection against the variant first identified in India.
Canada to get 9 million doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in July
OTTAWA (NEWS 1130) – Deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines to Canada continue to ramp up, with 9 million doses expected from Pfizer-BioNTech in the month of July alone.