Discussion on COVID-19 booster shots still “evolving”: Canada’s top doctor | FULL

Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam said on Thursday that they are still looking at data on COVID-19 booster shots and that their discussions on the booster shots is still "evolving.” She said this when asked if Canada would follow the moratorium request by the World Health Organization (WHO) on booster shots until at least the end of September.

WHO made the request on Wednesday to allow lower income countries, where much of the population still needs their first dose, to have better access to the global vaccine supply.

Tam also reminded Canadians who have received their first COVID-19 vaccine dose to get their second dose saying "it's very important especially given the Delta variant."

When asked about the reopening of the border and the prevalence of the Delta variant, Tam said modelling shows if a fourth wave were to occur it would likely be "driven by a domestic transmission event rather than importation cases."

Regarding possibly mandating vaccines to federal workers, something Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his office is looking into, the doctor said "every option is being examined and how to ensure our workplace is safe for everyone" and they are "looking at who the federal employees are interacting with and whether they're at high risk.”

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