When Will The Pandemic End

• WHO to decide if COVID remains an emergency. What will this mean for Canada?

  As the WHO mulls whether COVID-19 remains an emergency, some health experts say COVID is still a public health threat and measures to combat it in Canada should continue.  

  Health

  Jan 27, 2023
  
• COVID-19 pandemic could end in 2022 if global vaccination increases, WHO says

  If every country can vaccinate at least 70 per cent of its population, the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic could end in 2022, the World Health Organization says.

  World

  Dec 29, 2021
  
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• Canadian officials eyed ‘high pandemic potential’ of COVID-19 travellers in Feb. 2020

  Documents obtained by Global News show public health officials believed the 'worst-case scenario' of COVID-19 in Canada would be around 7,000-11,000 cases in urban areas.

  Canada

  Dec 17, 2021
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• Fully vaccinated visitors probably won’t spread COVID-19 in Canada, experts say

  "The risk won't be zero ... (but) we have to start making these adjustments to move back to normal," said one infectious disease specialist.

  Canada

  Jul 17, 2021
• Pfizer to pitch COVID-19 vaccine booster shots at meeting with U.S. officials

  Pfizer previously told The Associated Press that early data from the company's booster study suggests people's antibody levels jump five-to-10-fold after a third dose.

  World

  Jul 12, 2021
• Loosened COVID-19 travel rules boost visits to Canada — but half still turned away

  Despite the agency's best efforts to publicize the requirements, roughly half of the people seeking the exemption had to be turned away, according to the CBSA

  Canada

  Jul 11, 2021
• Poor global vaccine access could create COVID-19 variants, risk economic recovery: G20

  The G20's final communique, while stressing support for "equitable global sharing" of vaccines, did not propose concrete measures.

  Politics

  Jul 10, 2021
• ‘Arbitrary and unreasonable’: Movie theatre executives slam Ontario’s reopening plan

  "Cinemas in Canada have welcomed more than 7 million guests during the pandemic and not a single case of COVID-19 has been traced back to the movies," the MTAC said.

  Canada

  Jul 10, 2021
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• Pfizer says we need a 3rd COVID-19 vaccine. But experts aren’t so sure

  "There is an ethical concern about prioritizing dose three for Americans over doses one and two for the rest of the world," said one expert.

  Canada

  Jul 9, 2021
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• Path out of COVID-19 pandemic isn’t easy, but there’s hope: experts

  Many epidemiologists believe COVID-19 will become a manageable respiratory infection like the flu, posing a small threat but largely manageable through vaccination.

  Health

  Mar 28, 2021