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Countries should consider recommending passengers wear masks on long-haul flights to counter the latest Omicron subvariant of COVID-19, given its rapid spread across the U.S., World Health Organization (WHO) officials said on Tuesday. In Europe, the XBB.1.5 subvariant is being detected in small but growing numbers, WHO officials said in a press briefing.

B.C. ‘s COVID-19 modelling group believes the province may be substantially misjudging the number of people who have died from the disease. A new report released Tuesday morning shows Omicron is still causing high rates of infection.

Canada has given the green light to Pfizer’s new bivalent vaccine for people aged 12 and older. As Aaron McArthur reports, the vaccine protects against two Omicron subvariants that make up nearly all of the country’s COVID-19 cases right now.

New Brunswick’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Jennifer Russell told a press conference on Wednesday that COVID-19 modelling predicts the province could safely reduce public health measures if current restrictions are kept in place for at least another week. She added the province is seeing “the first signs that the Omicron wave is slowing...

As public safety measures are being loosened in Canada and western nations, one country is ramping up as it sees increased infection of the latest variant. China is putting restrictions in place in a handful of cities as stealth omicron spreads across the country. Kyle Benning has more.

With two new Omicron subvariants now circulating in Canada, does lifting the mask mandate in Quebec on May 14 still make sense? Dr. Mitch joins Global’s Laura Casella to weigh in.

Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam urged Canadians to get up-to-date with their COVID-19 vaccines, including a booster dose if eligible, as the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron is spreading in the country, albeit at a “slow rate.” She said while there could be a “blip” in the spring, vaccines and wearing a mask...

B.C. health officials have released a written report with daily COVID-19 numbers on Friday, March 18. Legislative bureau chief Keith Baldrey has analysis of the numbers and has details of the BA.2 subvariant associated with Omicron

Despite health restrictions being lifted, Peterborough’s homeless shelter system is still feeling the impacts of COVID-19. The city reports that all shelters have experienced outbreaks in the past three months. Sam Houpt reports…

While the worst of the Omicron variant and the COVID-19 pandemic itself might seem to be behind us, the situation in long-term care homes is still serious. Jordan Armstrong has the details and the criticism of how the B.C. government has handled the crisis.

In a heated exchange during Tuesday’s session of question period, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland was grilled about the economy and affordability in Canada by Conservative MP Gerard Deltell. Though Freeland claimed before the Omicron variant put Canada in a chokehold, the nation’s economy fully recovered from the pandemic recession. However, even though she claimed...

Scott Moe has faced criticism from medical experts after he stated vaccines don’t stop COVID-19 infection or transmission during the Omicron wave.

Quebec is urging the public to exercise caution as the province braces for the 6th wave of the pandemic, driven by an even more transmissible Omicron sub-variant. Dr. Mitch joins Global’s Laura Casella to discuss what safety measures are most affective against the latest outbreak.

Dr. Alex Wong talks about how the Omicron wave is playing out differently across the country, and offers insight on what he believes is the right approach when officials say it’s time we start learning to ‘live with COVID’.

During a COVID-19 update Friday, Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said fully vaccinated Canadians who experienced a COVID-19 infection should wait at least three months to get a booster shot after symptoms start or testing positive, according to Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI). The longer interval between infection and vaccination...

Quebec is urging people to be prudent amid rising COVID-19 cases as the province says it is possibly gearing up for a sixth wave of the pandemic driven by the even more transmissible BA.2 Omicron subvariant. Felicia Parrillo reports.

Meetings between Indigenous peoples from across Canada and Pope Francis are finally set to go ahead this coming week after the initial trip was postponed in December because of the rapidly spreading Omicron variant. The group of esteemed elders, knowledge keepers, survivors and youth will communicate their expectations for the Catholic Church’s role in reconciliation....

The health unit says there is little sign of the new subvariant in the Kingston region.

Asked why Canada was getting a bivalent vaccine that targets the B.A.1 Omicron subvariant instead of what the U.S. is receiving, which targets B.A.4 or B.A.5, chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said Thursday the dose being received provided an immune response that is “superior” against both the original strain and B.A.1, B.A. 4...

Health Canada has approved the first 2-in-1 COVID-19 vaccine, and B.C. is preparing to roll it out this fall. Global News Morning speaks with UBC Mathematical Biologist about how the bivalent vaccine works.