Race between vaccines and variants is back on as B.1.617 takes hold in Canada

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A new coronavirus variant is taking hold in Canada, leaving experts divided over whether it will expose the weaknesses in our strategy to prioritize first doses of COVID-19 vaccines and jeopardize reopening in much of the country. 

Some worry that’s the case, but with Canada’s vaccine supply ramping up and second

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