On Monday, Quadra Island experienced the greatest community gathering since the COVID-19 pandemic started as residents took part in a “whole-community” vaccination program.
Canadian provinces suspended use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in people under age 55 on Monday, March 29, 2021, acting on an advisory committee's concerns about a possible link between the shot and rare blood clots.
As COVID-19 cases continued to climb in Canada's two biggest provinces on Sunday, March 28, 2021, officials in Ontario and Quebec said there are vacant vaccination appointments that need to be filled.
Canada is scheduled to receive a flood of new COVID-19 vaccine doses this week, with around 3.3 million shots due for delivery from different pharmaceutical companies over the coming days.
Undocumented workers in Canada fear that getting vaccinated could mean being arrested if someone reports them to police or immigration authorities because of their lack of proper identification, say advocates.
Canada has indeed asked the United States for help in procuring doses of COVID-19 vaccines, but the White House refused to say on Wednesday, March 1, 2021, whether it has agreed to the request.
A new poll suggests about half of Canadians are willing to get immunized against COVID-19 with the first vaccine they're offered, while one quarter would be willing to wait to get a shot they'd prefer.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered reassurances on the safety of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, March 15, 2021, as the list of European countries suspending its use due to safety concerns grew.
Provinces continued to expand their COVID-19 vaccine rollouts on Sunday, March 14, 2021, amid what Canada's chief public health officer described as a recent increase in the number of new cases across the country.
Some provinces are setting out on ambitious accelerations of their vaccine rollouts as Canada expands its stockpile of shots to protect against COVID-19.
