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But if you decide to space them out, it’s probably better to get the COVID-19 vaccine first. “I would definitely get the COVID vaccine first, particularly if you’re high risk,” Dr. Russo says.
On December 9, 2020, Health Canada approved the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.Vaccines were distributed amongst the provinces by the Federal government. [3] Ontario received an initial delivery of 6,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine [4] of a total of 90,000 doses to be received before the end of 2020. [5]
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, while "any vaccine can cause side effects", [11] most side effects are minor, primarily including sore arms or a mild fever. [11] Unlike most medical interventions vaccines are given to healthy people, where the risk of side effects is not as easily outweighed by the benefit of ...
The Ontario government announced a COVID-19 vaccine certification system that came into effect on 22 September. [40] It was met with protests. [40] On October 28, 2021, Chief Medical Officer of Health of Ontario Kieran Moore said that Ontario will not integrate a COVID-19 vaccine requirement into the Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA) "at ...
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Health Canada received a submission from Moderna on June 29, 2023, for yet another reformulated COVID-19 vaccine based on the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant of SARS-CoV-2. [131] The updated version was tested in a small human trial of 101 participants who had previously received four doses of previous formulations of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
The Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA) is a law in Ontario, Canada, that requires children and adolescents under the age of 18 to receive certain vaccinations to attend primary and secondary school unless a valid exemption is provided, which includes medical, religious, and conscience exemptions.
Similarly to many anti-vaccination groups, Vaccine Choice Canada is opposing several measures instituted by public health authorities to limit the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Its President repeated some of the most widespread myths about the virus, including that it is no more dangerous than influenza and that developing a vaccine is ...