Canada Covid News

• Millions of COVID-19 doses to expire this year in Canada. How will they be used?

  At least 19 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines are set to expire by the end of the year in Canada, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada.

  Canada

  Apr 13, 2023
  
• Kids COVID-19 vaccination ‘complex’ decision for parents, study shows

  A new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal sheds light on the concerns parents have when deciding whether or not to vaccinate their kids against COVID-19.

  Health

  Feb 21, 2023
  
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• More Canadians trusting governments as COVID pandemic fades: poll

  An annual survey on how trusting Canadians are suggests their faith in governments is rebounding as the COVID-19 pandemic begins to fade.

  Canada

  Feb 9, 2023
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• WHO says COVID-19 global emergency isn’t over. What does that mean for you?

  WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that in the last eight weeks, at least 170,000 people have died around the world in connection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

  Canada

  Jan 30, 2023
• ‘Have to try new things’: How Canada’s food courts are emerging from the pandemic

  Food court sales are below pre-pandemic levels but have not completely withered because buildings in prominent locations are starting to draw people once more, one expert said.

  Canada

  Jan 22, 2023
• Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine coverage flatlining as fall nears: ‘The stakes are high’

  Vaccination coverage has slowed in Canada, and with the fall approaching, experts are advising governments to work on ways to increase uptake in hopes of avoiding a serious wave.

  Health

  Aug 19, 2022
• Health Canada approves 1st COVID-19 booster for kids 5-11

  Health Canada said on Friday it had authorized Pfizer's COVID-19 shot for children aged five to 11 years at least six months after completing their second dose. 

  Health

  Aug 19, 2022
• COVID-19 project tracking long-term care homes halted due to lack of data

  The project run by the National Institute on Ageing launched in April 2020 and presents information about cases, outbreaks and deaths at long-term care homes.

  Health

  Jul 28, 2022
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• COVID cases soaring in Canada’s LTC homes as country enters 7th wave. What can be done?

  As a seventh wave of COVID-19 creeps across the country, long-term care facilities in some provinces are seeing a major spike in outbreaks.

  Health

  Jul 17, 2022
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• COVID-19 vaccines in Canada’s stockpile starting to expire as uptake slows

  The 1.5 million doses that have expired since January amount to less than two per cent of the 118 million doses delivered to Canada since December 2020.

  Canada

  Apr 13, 2022