Seven Quebecers test positive for COVID-19 despite first vaccination, heightening questions over delayed boosters

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Published Wednesday, January 13, 2021
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MONTREAL -- Several residents at a Quebec long-term care home have tested positive for COVID-19 despite being among the first people in Canada to receive the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine.

Seven people at the Maimonides long-term care home in western Montreal have tested positive for the virus “and were infected within the first 28 days after their first dose,” the regional health-care authority that oversees the home said in a statement.

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