TORONTO — The federal government has approved an Ottawa company’s made-in-Canada rapid COVID-19 test, Health Canada confirmed Saturday as the nation’s top doctor warned the virus’s impact on the health-care system showed no signs of abating. The test developed by Spartan Bioscience is performed by a doctor and provides on-site results within an hour, a spokeswoman for the federal agency...
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Our response has always been a whole-of-government, whole-of-society, whole-of-system approach,” Philippine Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said.
No Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses to be shipped to Canada next week: Fortin
OTTAWA — Canada is not getting any COVID-19 vaccine doses from Pfizer-BioNTech next week and the federal government says it can’t tell provinces exactly how many doses to expect over the next month. While there are some signs the relentless second wave of the pandemic may be easing in the biggest provinces, with numbers trending down in Quebec and...
Felix Y Manalo Foundation recognized as Daly City’s Philanthropic Organization of the Year
Daly Mayor Sylvester recognized the FYM Foundation, the social arm of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) for its recent Aid to Humanity effort in October 2020, which helped provide resources and fund program enrichment for youth and the elderly.
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Health Canada approves Spartan Bioscience’s previously recalled rapid COVID-19 test
TORONTO — The federal government has approved an Ottawa company’s made-in-Canada rapid COVID-19 test, Health Canada confirmed Saturday as the...
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Philippines to get vaccines from COVAX in Q1; rollout preps underway
Our response has always been a whole-of-government, whole-of-society, whole-of-system approach,” Philippine Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said.
No Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses to be shipped to Canada next week: Fortin
OTTAWA — Canada is not getting any COVID-19 vaccine doses from Pfizer-BioNTech next week and the federal government says it...