Key populations for early COVID-19 immunization: preliminary guidance for policy.

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Centre for Immunization and Respiratory Infectious Diseases (Ismail, Zhao, Tunis), Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.; Metro City Medical Clinic (Ismail), Edmonton, Alta.; Public Health Ontario (Deeks); Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Deeks), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases & Immunology (Quach), University of Montreal; Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine (Quach), CHU Sainte-Justine, Montréal, Que.

Published: November 2020

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