Ontario reports 870 new COVID-19 cases; 10 more deaths
Ontario reported 870 new COVID-19 cases and 10 additional deaths on Thursday, as the number of known active infections across the province fell below 10,000 for the first time in nearly seven months.
GOLDSTEIN: Booking a second AstraZeneca dose is like The Hunger Games
To begin, I should tell you that I had my first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine on March 31 at a neighbourhood pharmacy and that I can’t book my second— not get it, just book it — because of the lack of supply.
This so you’ll know where I’m coming from when I say that, between them, the Trudeau and Ford governments could not have screwed up the AZ rollout any worse if they’d tried.
Israel says ‘probable’ link between Pfizer COVID-19 shot, heart inflammation cases
Israel’s Health Ministry said on Tuesday it found the small number of heart inflammation cases observed mainly in young men who received Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in Israel were likely linked to their vaccination.
Pfizer has said it has not observed a higher rate of the condition, known as myocarditis, than would normally be expected in the general population.
