Cities have been the home to the balance of Alberta's COVID-19 cases but surrounding towns and smaller communities are feeling the effects of the third wave.
Biochemist Daniela Beatriz Ori manipulates swab samples to make a real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis for COVID-19 testing at the biochemistry lab of Central Navy Hospital Dr. Pedro Malloon April 28, 2020 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo by Amilcar Orfali/Getty Images)
Heavy snow falls as people wearing face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19 cross a road in Burnaby, B.C., on Monday, December 21, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
People walk past a "we're open, heated terrace dining" sign at Eli's Essentials on the Upper East Side on February 02, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
Premier Doug Ford's government is reaching out to every single province and territory asking for help with health care resources, as the third wave of COVID-19 inundates Ontario's intensive care units and overwhelms physicians and nurses.
The federal government has secured an additional eight million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine coming over the next few months, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday, just as Moderna revealed coming shipments will be smaller than promised.
The Canadian Medical Association is calling for 'extraordinary measures' to be implemented to address the surge of COVID-19 cases across several provinces.
Getting an annual COVID-19 vaccine booster shot will likely become an annual ritual much like flu vaccinations, due to the need for reinforced immunity and dealing with new variants that could emerge, says one Ottawa epidemiologist.
The Public Health Agency of Canada has dropped their recommendation for additional screening measures applied to travellers arriving from Brazil, as a variant linked to that country spreads rapidly through Canada.
Worker and patient advocates in multiple provinces are calling for permanent paid sick days, arguing that the federal COVID-19 sick leave benefit has too many restrictions for lower-income, precarious and migrant workers.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reminding front-line workers about the availability of a federal sick leave benefit, and is offering premiers more help to speed up their vaccine rollouts as the country faces a third major surge in new cases.
As Canada enters a potential third wave of COVID-19, entrepreneurs across the country are left questioning the future of their businesses, with others mourning the loss of what was.
Cities have been the home to the balance of Alberta's COVID-19 cases but surrounding towns and smaller communities are feeling the effects of the third wave.
Premier Doug Ford's government is reaching out to every single province and territory asking for help with health care resources, as the third wave of COVID-19 inundates Ontario's intensive care units and overwhelms physicians and nurses.
The federal government has secured an additional eight million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine coming over the next few months, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday, just as Moderna revealed coming shipments will be smaller than promised.
Getting an annual COVID-19 vaccine booster shot will likely become an annual ritual much like flu vaccinations, due to the need for reinforced immunity and dealing with new variants that could emerge, says one Ottawa epidemiologist.
The Canadian Medical Association is calling for 'extraordinary measures' to be implemented to address the surge of COVID-19 cases across several provinces.
The Public Health Agency of Canada has dropped their recommendation for additional screening measures applied to travellers arriving from Brazil, as a variant linked to that country spreads rapidly through Canada.
