Some worry that's the case, but with Canada's vaccine supply ramping up and second doses accelerating across the country, others believe fears over B.1.617 may be overblown. It's clearly more transmissible," said Dr. Isaac Bogoch, an infectious diseases physician and member of Ontario's COVID-19 vaccine task force. "All this tells me is that we need to really work on getting second doses out faster, especially among vulnerable populations," he said. "But if this is a race between the variants and the vaccine — the vaccine is going to win this round in Canada." "The frequency of B.1.617 in Ontario is probably somewhere between 15 and 20 per cent at this stage," he said.

Source: CBC News June 05, 2021 07:52 UTC