Sixty\u002Dfive per cent of eligible Canadians have received at least one dose of a COVID\u002D19 vaccine.
The variant, believed to be behind recent spikes in COVID-19 cases in parts of the United Kingdom, has demonstrated to be more transmissible than previous versions of the virus, Tam said.
“So it is very important to get that second dose when variants such as the Delta variant is in our community.”Several provinces are speeding up their second-dose rollouts as more vaccine supply pours into the country. Trudeau said he’s been encouraged by the country’s vaccine rollout, adding that Canadians have “reason to be hopeful about this summer and fall.”
Tam said the latest seven-day average for daily cases in the country was 2,300, down 73% from the peak of the third wave.Article content
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