One of the first jurisdictions in Canada to administer COVID-19 vaccines is also the first to see their effectiveness wearing off. Kandola had anticipated the waning immunity. "Because we were privileged to get the vaccine first, we unfortunately are going to be the first one to experience the waning immunity, which we're seeing in our own case numbers," she said then. "When I'm looking at what's happening, my main priority is to avoid severe outcome [cases]," Kandola said. The containment orders and gathering restrictions in places hasn't fully stopped hospitalizations, Kandola said, but "we're able to keep it under control."

Source: CBC News October 06, 2021 21:45 UTC