Premier Doug Ford announced on Wednesday that the Ontario government is issuing a four-week, province-wide stay-at-home order, starting Thursday, as COVID-19 cases surge. Ford also announced that the government is expanding vaccine eligibility to all adult essential workers in "hot spots" in Toronto and Peel Region, starting with education workers next week.
Canada soared past its one-millionth diagnosis of COVID-19 on Saturday, April 3, reaching the grim milestone the same day it administered its six millionth dose of vaccine to protect against the virus.
Ontario province set a new all-time high for the number of patients in intensive care on Monday, with 494. Many of those cases are in the Greater Toronto Area, prompting hospitals to transfer 88 patients to other regions to help address capacity issues.
2021 April 1: Scarborough Health Network (SHN) and several health and community partners have come together to roll out the COVID-19 vaccine across Scarborough to keep the communities safe and healthy. Eligibility for vaccines All parts of the vaccination program depend on vaccine supply and direction from the Ontario government. The Ministry of Health and...
Canada will soon add another COVID-19 vaccine to its supply, with procurement minister Anita Anand announcing this week that initial shipments of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose jab are to arrive by the end of April. Canada approved the vaccine in early March and had pre-ordered 10 million doses, but manufacturing problems from the company led to...
TORONTO — The latest COVID-19 modelling in Ontario shows a stay-at-home order is necessary to control the third wave of the pandemic, which is being driven by the more deadly and contagious variants of concern. Without those measures, the Ontario Science Advisory Table said Thursday, the province could see up to 6,000 new infection cases...
VANCOUVER — An inspection of a long-term care home that was the site of British Columbia’s deadliest COVID-19 outbreak found staffing levels were low and cleaning was inadequate as the virus spread throughout the facility. The Vancouver Coastal Health inspection report obtained by The Canadian Press through a freedom of information request says these two...
The Ontario Science Advisory Table said that otherwise, the province could see up to 6,000 new infection cases by mid-April. With the restrictions in place, the modelling data shows there will still be about 800 people in ICUs by the end of April.
Vaccines against COVID-19 speed of approvals did not come at the expense of safety.
"While some people have struggled, others have found new coping mechanisms, such as exercising regularly and staying in close touch with friends and family, even from a physical distance".