Omicron BA.2

• Sask. COVID-19 wastewater numbers show transmission rates ‘fairly low’

  In Saskatoon wastewater, the viral RNA load has decreased by 56.3 per cent in the reporting period up to June 15 compared with the weekly average of the previous week.

  Health

  Jun 20, 2022
  
• COVID-19: 465 cases added last week, Saskatchewan pharmacists can prescribe paxlovid

  There is no fee to receive Paxlovid. It consists of three tablets taken every 12 hours for five days. 

  Health

  May 19, 2022
  
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• COVID-19: Saskatchewan reports 890 cases, slight increase in wastewater levels

  The province also reported 22 new COVID-19 deaths. The province said three of the deaths were those in the 69 years and younger category and 19 were those 70 years and older.

  Canada

  Apr 21, 2022
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• COVID-19 treatment sotrovimab unlikely to protect against BA.2: Health Canada

  Canada's federal drug regulator issued a notice to health-care professionals on Thursday indicating that sotrovimab will not likely work against the BA.2 variant.

  Canada

  Apr 15, 2022
• Canadians to gather for Easter, Passover. How safe is it amid 6th COVID-19 wave?

  Despite little COVID-19 restrictions, some religious leaders say there will still be safety precautions for gatherings amid Canada's sixth wave.

  Canada

  Apr 14, 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
• WHO analyzing 2 new Omicron COVID-19 sub-variants: BA.4 and BA.5

  The WHO said it had begun tracking them because of their "additional mutations that need to be further studied to understand their impact on immune escape potential."

  World

  Apr 11, 2022
• ‘My biggest concern is losing our vigilance’: Manitoba removes COVID-19 numbers from website

  Manitoba has removed COVID-19 related data off the government website. Epidemiologist Cynthia Carr worries about the implications of the province's decision.

  Health

  Mar 29, 2022
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• BA.2 in Canada: Tam says officials are watching new Omicron subvariant ‘very closely’

  Canada's chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said Friday more than 100 cases of BA.2 have been detected in the country so far since November.

  Health

  Jan 28, 2022