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The first blood clot linked to an AstraZeneca vaccine was recorded in New Brunswick, and the patient has recovered since then.

On Tuesday, the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine was made available to people aged 40 and up in the hard-hit province of Ontario. The shots can be obtained from pharmacies or primary care offices.

On Tuesday, the province, which is under strict restrictions to try to slow the spread of COVID-19, confirmed 3,469 new cases and 22 new deaths.

Ontario's science advisors are advising the government to shift its approach to the escalating crisis, claiming that what the province is doing isn't effective.

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The Ontario COVID-19 recommends that the government speed up vaccination of essential workers and provide paid sick days to them, as well as closing more non-essential workplaces..

Toronto and Peel Region, two of the province's most populous areas, have issued orders forcing businesses with five or more cases of COVID-19 in the last two weeks to close for ten days.

Employees that are affected by a closure must self-isolate and are unable to function elsewhere at that period. Canada had recorded 1,139,049 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of 7:20 p.m. ET on Tuesday, with 88,078 still involved. According to CBC News, a total of 23,713 people died.

On Tuesday, health officials in Quebec confirmed 1,136 new cases of COVID-19 and 17 new deaths. COVID-19 hospitalizations in the province totaled 694, with 177 patients in intensive care, according to the province. Quebec will begin making the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine available to people 45 and older on Wednesday, following the lead of other provinces.

Beginning Thursday, Nova Scotia's border controls will be tightened for at least four weeks, allowing only a small number of non-essential visitors into the province.

Permanent residents, as well as residents of Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador, would be permitted to join, according to officials, who explained that the restrictions were necessary to prevent a large third wave.

On Tuesday, health officials confirmed nine new cases of COVID-19 in the province, taking the total number of active cases to 68.

Prince Edward Island recently declared its own temporary travel restrictions in an attempt to control the number of COVID-19 cases in the province, after announcing one new case on Tuesday. Seasonal residents won't be able to reach the province until May 17 at the earliest.

For the first time in about a month, New Brunswick announced no new cases of COVID-19, although the province did record one confirmed case of a blood clot possibly linked to the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine. The person, who was between the ages of 30 and 39, was treated and made a full recovery.

On Tuesday, two new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Newfoundland and Labrador, taking the total number of active cases in the province to six.

On Tuesday, five new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed across Nunavut, including two cases in Kinngait that were first reported late Monday. The new cases took the total number of active cases in the territory to 33, according to Premier Joe Savikataaq.

Meanwhile, in Yukon, the chief medical officer of health announced one new COVID-19 case on Monday.

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