Canada Covid

• Pfizer’s updated COVID vaccine approved by Health Canada

  The vaccine approval coincides with the emergence of two new COVID-19 variants within the country, and experts are warning about continued vigilance in public health measures.

  Health

  Sep 28, 2023
  
• Canada monitoring new COVID variant BA.2.86 found in at least 4 countries

  The World Health Organization said this week it had classified BA.2.86 a "variant under monitoring" due to the "large number of mutations identified."

  Health

  Aug 18, 2023
  
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• Call inquiry into Canada’s COVID-19 response, medical journal urges

  Experts from 13 organizations across Canada, including doctors, nurses, researchers, law and humanitarian specialists, wrote a series of articles that made the argument.

  Health

  Jul 24, 2023
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• COVID-19 now appears to be in a ‘steady state’ in Canada

  Is COVID-19 becoming endemic, nearly three years after it first emerged? Canadian health officials offered an update on where things stand.

  Health

  Mar 10, 2023
• COVID-19 bivalent boosters recommended for at-risk Canadians this spring: NACI

  NACI says that includes adults 80 and up, those living in long-term care homes and other congregate settings for seniors or those with complex medical needs.

  Health

  Mar 3, 2023
• The end of COVID-19 rapid testing? What Ottawa’s call to scrap shipments means

  'It's not surprising ... we are starting to see this gradual transition out of the pandemic into a bit more normal life,' said an expert of cancelled COVID rapid test shipments.

  Health

  Mar 2, 2023
• 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
• Kraken, Elon Musk and dead Canadian doctors: Disinformation surges 3 years into the pandemic

  A Canadian conspiracy theory claims the COVID-19 vaccine is killing doctors. It's not, but an investigation into the murky world of disinformation shows how the hoax has grown.

  Features

  Jan 14, 2023
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• Canadian provinces facing high costs to rid expired hand sanitizer sent by Ottawa

  Provinces say they received more sanitizer from Ottawa than was necessary during the pandemic because they'd procured their own supply.

  Canada

  Jan 11, 2023
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• 21 cases of XBB.1.5. COVID subvariant confirmed in Canada

  The Public Health Agency of Canada said that the agency will continue to 'carefully monitor the spread of XBB,' which is an Omicron subvariant.

  Health

  Jan 4, 2023