6th Wave

• Canada is in 6th wave of COVID-19, Dr. Theresa Tam says

  The latest rise in cases across the country is fuelled by the BA.2 subvariant of Omicron, Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam confirmed on Tuesday.

  Health

  Apr 12, 2022
  
• Assessing your risk in Canada’s 6th wave will be difficult. Here’s why

  Provincial governments are telling Canadians to estimate their own sense of risk, but those same governments are reducing the amount of data available to residents, experts say.

  Canada

  Apr 12, 2022
  
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• Better data needed to assess severity of 6th COVID-19 wave, says B.C. group

  An independent group tracking the spread of COVID-19 in B.C. says it appears the sixth wave has begun, but lack of data means projecting its severity is difficult.

  Health

  Apr 10, 2022
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• No masks and 4th doses? Experts concerned about ‘mixed’ COVID-19 messaging

  Canadians need more information and better communication on how a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose could be helpful in fighting the sixth wave, experts say.

  Canada

  Apr 6, 2022
• Region now in sixth wave of COVID-19: Middlesex-London Health Unit

  During a media briefing hosted by the Middlesex-London Health Unit on Monday, medical officer of health Dr. Alex Summers said this is another wave driven by the Omicron variant.

  Health

  Apr 5, 2022
• Most likely scenario shows COVID severity will decrease over time, WHO says

  The World Health Organization  released an updated plan for COVID-19, laying out three possible scenarios for how the pandemic will evolve this year as a sixth wave looms in Canada

  Health

  Mar 30, 2022
• ‘Rise of the BA.2 variant is worrisome’: Quebec urges caution as it warns of ‘possible’ 6th COVID wave

  Quebec is urging people to be prudent amid the rise of the extremely transmissible BA.2 Omicron subvariant cases as the province says it is possibly gearing up for a sixth wave.

  Canada

  Mar 27, 2022