Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam noted in an Ottawa new conference that earlier in the pandemic, it took five months for Canada to hit 500,000 cases. But now, it is taking just two weeks for 100,000 new cases to emerge.
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Ontario Accelerates COVID-19 Vaccinations for Long-Term Care Homes in Priority Regions
All residents and workers to be vaccinated by third week of January TORONTO — The Ontario government is continuing the rollout of Phase One of its vaccine implementation plan by ensuring that all residents, health care workers and essential caregivers at long-term care homes in the priority regions of Toronto, Peel, York and Windsor-Essex receive...
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Easier, quicker saliva-based Covid-19 test ‘good alternative’
Administering the saliva-based tests does not require swab kits, a specimen collector and skilled professional, nor expensive collection vials. Processing time for saliva samples is only three hours compared to the swab tests that can take six to seven hours.
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Feds weigh cutting COVID-19 benefit for travellers as Canada surpasses 600,000 cases
Globetrotters were never intended as the recipients of the federal sick benefit OF $500 per week.
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Liberals say testing rules for air travellers land Jan.7, urge people to prepare
Flyers aged five and up will need have a negative PCR test within 72 hours of their scheduled departure and must show the results to their airline before they board their flight.
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Finance note says lifting lockdowns, restrictions no sure road to economic recovery
It says countries that have managed to reduce transmission of the virus to very low levels have seen more people visit retailers, use transit and head to workplaces.
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Ontario, Quebec post case records; Trudeau strikes hopeful note in holiday message
Health Canada authorized the use of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine Wednesday. It is the second to receive approval since the Pfizer-BioNtech one on Dec. 9.
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New COVID-19 variants not in Canada: Tam
“It is important to remember, however, that initial vaccine supplies will remain limited as vaccine rollout continues in Canada and we must not forget that infection rates remain very high in many parts of the country,” Tam said.
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Ontario Welcomes Health Canada Approval of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine
This is phenomenal news for Ontarians and Canadians - yet another life-saving COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for safe and effective use in the province and in the country. We are taking another step towards ending this terrible pandemic.
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Ontario Announces Provincewide Shutdown to Stop Spread of COVID-19 and Save Lives
TORONTO — As COVID-19 cases continue to rise at an alarming rate, the Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health and other health experts, is imposing a Province-wide Shutdown. Additional restrictions will be put into place and reinforce that Ontarians should stay at home as much as possible to minimize transmission of...