Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s about to get his second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
The prime minister is scheduled to get the shot on Friday, a source from his office confirmed.
His wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, is slated to get her second dose later Thursday.
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The Trudeaus got their first doses in late April and received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
Trudeau has said vaccinations are a path out of the pandemic and praised Canadians in his Canada Day message for getting their shots to help life return to normal.
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As Trudeau was making the comments at a farmers market in the national capital, a rally was taking place in front of the Supreme Court of Canada building questioning the pandemic, masks and vaccines.
— with files from Global News
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