Frontline health worker Carlo Escario gets to stay until June 22, after he receives his second Pfizer dose against COVID-19

After concerned social media users and advocates put up a campaign to keep Filipino frontline health worker Carlo Escario in Canada until he is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the Canadian government postponed his deportation by the evening of Thursday, May 13 (Manila time).

Escario, 36, was an intensive care unit worker at the Toronto General Hospital treating COVID-19 patients. He was set for deportation on Thursday because of misrepresentation in his permanent residence (PR) application.
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