As students across the province return to face-to-face classes, the Ontario Ministry of Education says 624 of 625 public health nurse positions in schools have been filled – but they must each cover multiple schools and some critics question whether that is enough to keep children safe during the pandemic. Last August, the province announced it was hiring 500 public […]
Three days before the new travel rules came into effect, the federal government issued a list of hotels where air travelers arriving in Canada can complete the mandatory quarantine period. Starting Monday, all air travelers returning from non-essential international travel will be required to self-isolate at one of the approved facilities, at their own expense, for up to 72 hours […]
The last: Leaders of the Group of Seven Economic Powers hold their first meeting of 2021 on Friday and pledge to share coronavirus vaccines with the world’s poorest countries, though details on when and how much they will donate remain rare. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is assuming the presidency of the G7 this year, meets virtually with leaders […]
This column is an opinion of Dr. Elizabeth Niedra, senior physician, writer, and lecturer in family medicine at the University of Toronto. She does home visits for the elderly with SPRINT House Calls. For more information on the CBC Opinion section, please see the FAQ. The pandemic throws a questioning spotlight on Canada’s senior care system. Specifically, he took a […]
Dr. David Williams, Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, is due to hold a briefing on the COVID-19 situation in the province at 3 p.m. ET. You will be able to watch it live in this story. Ontario reported 1,038 more cases of COVID-19 and the deaths of 44 more people with the disease on Thursday. The new cases include […]
The last: The African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the first million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine against the novel coronavirus are expected to arrive next week for distribution in around 20 countries on the continent. The doses are the first of some seven million from the Serum Institute in India. Africa CDC director John Nkengasong and colleagues […]
Within a week, Manitoba bounced around an epidemiological version of a roller coaster ride, thanks to the actual and suspected presence of the variant COVID virus first reported in the UK. On February 9, public health officials confirmed the province’s first case of the more contagious variant of the B117 coronavirus, contracted by a traveler who visited Africa and Europe. […]
The fresh air, blazing speed and spacious alpine terrain make skiing and snowboarding activities at low risk of transmitting COVID-19, infectious doctors say. But the threat is never zero during a global pandemic, they add. And people who work on these snowy slopes are more likely to catch the virus than those who run down them. Most of Ontario’s ski […]
Alberta’s chief medical officer of health said the province chose not to close a slaughterhouse that was the site of a growing COVID-19 outbreak that claimed the life of a worker because for months, the company had succeeded in reducing the transmission. On Monday, the company – Quebec-based Olymel – announced it would voluntarily shut down its pork processing plant […]
Harsh winter conditions in the United States will delay the scheduled delivery of Pfizer vaccine doses to Canada by at least one day this week, a spokesperson for the pharmaceutical giant told CBC News. Global shipping company United Parcel Service (UPS) has temporarily closed its massive air transportation hub, WorldPort, at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Kentucky due to […]
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