COVID-19 Immunity Task Force

• 17M Canadians got Omicron in 5 months, new federal report says

  The COVID-19 Immunity Task Force released a report illustrating how transmissible the Omicron variant and its subvariants have become as millions of Canadians were infected.

  Canada

  Jul 6, 2022
  
• Peel Region, South Asian community disproportionately hit during first year of COVID-19: study

  A COVID-19 community study in the GTA suggests areas with large South Asian populations were COVID-19 hot spots at the beginning of the pandemic.

  Health

  Jul 5, 2022
  
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• COVID-19 vaccine rate for children remains low amid Omicron wave

  In the two months since Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine was approved for children aged five to 11, only 51 per cent in that age group have had at least one dose.

  Health

  Jan 24, 2022
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• COVID-19: Study shows many children and adolescents may have been carrying disease

  The report issued by the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force illustrates that 5.8 per cent of minors between 2 and 17 years old had the COVID-19 antibodies.

  Canada

  May 18, 2021
• New Canadian antibody study to investigate COVID-19’s spread, why it hits vulnerable

  A group of scientists wants to study COVID-19 by looking at the blood of hundreds of thousands of Canadians.

  Health

  Oct 28, 2020
• McMaster-led study aims to protect older Canadians from severe outcomes of COVID-19

  The study will launch this fall and will involve a national team of researchers.

  Health

  Oct 1, 2020