Montreal Public Health pilot project will monitor the outcome of managing a cluster outbreak of COVID-19 variant in two neighbourhoods to see if it blunts spread within the zone and surrounding areas.

Dr. Barry Dworkin

Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 19, 2021

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Parents of schoolchildren in two Montreal neighbourhoods to get vaccines immediately in effort to fight variants

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