Immunocompromised

• COVID-19: These Manitobans under 40 want to be prioritized for a coronavirus vaccine

  The province continues to prioritize its population for a coronavirus vaccine based on age, geography and job type, but there are growing calls for a new strategy.

  Health

  Apr 28
• Alberta shortens interval between COVID-19 vaccine doses for vulnerable patients

  On Thursday, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced a change to dosing schedules for specific Albertans. It takes effect Friday.

  Health

  Apr 22
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• Alberta doctors seek changes to COVID-19 vaccine dosing schedule for certain patients

  Alberta is currently spacing COVID-19 vaccine doses out up to 16 weeks apart, per a recommendation from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization.

  Canada

  Apr 1
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• Doctors, patients worry about delayed 2nd COVID-19 vaccine doses for transplant recipients

  'It's imperative that we get the second [COVID-19] dose in on time rather than waiting for three or four months to get the second dose,' one transplant specialist says.

  Health

  Mar 26
• Photos depict large gathering, N.B. top doctor warns of becoming COVID ‘complacent’

  New Brunswick's premier says charges are 'probable' if similar events continue to happen

  Health

  Aug 5, 2020
• Saskatchewan parents of immunocompromised children concerned about back to school

  Some parents of immunocompromised children are calling for the province to find ways to protect their kids when they go back to school amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, saying no plan is in place now to protect them.

  Education

  Jul 24, 2020
• Albertans with underlying health conditions brace for relaxing of COVID-19 restrictions

  As the COVID-19 lockdown eases, people at increased risk of complications from COVID-19 are worried about increased infections.

  Health

  May 20, 2020
• As COVID-19 lockdown eases, immunocompromised people not likely to experience new freedoms

  Two doctors agree that immunocompromised patients likely won't be able to experience some of the freedoms that others will have with recently loosened government restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

  May 15, 2020
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• Coronavirus: Saskatoon businesses balance protecting employees’ health and staying open

  Some businesses in Saskatoon have closed indefinitely, while others are taking measures to keep their doors open, amid COVID-19 spreading in the province.

  Economy

  Mar 23, 2020
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• Coronavirus: Alberta family pleads for COVID-19 compliance

  Social-isolation is a directive one Alberta family is desperate people start listening to, as their teenage daughter's life and countless others like her, depend on it.

  Health

  Mar 23, 2020