Top Doctor Says Vaccines Could Allow Toughest Restrictions to Lift Before September

Top Doctor Says Vaccines Could Allow Toughest Restrictions to Lift Before September
Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam looks at a screen showing data during a technical briefing on the COVID pandemic in Canada on January 15, 2021 in Ottawa. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—Canada’s chief public health officer says results from COVID-19 vaccinations are so encouraging that she thinks the need for massive lockdowns could be over before the end of the summer.

“It will it even (be) before September, I think, depending on a number of factors, such as vaccine uptake, ongoing monitoring of other variants, and how vaccine coverage is provided,” Dr. Theresa Tam said Tuesday at a news conference in Ottawa.