Tag Archives: Health
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Friday, May 7, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Friday, May 7, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 350,701 new vaccinations administered for a total of 14,918,768 ...
May 06, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Friday, May 7, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Friday, May 7, 2021. There are 1,265,320 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,265,320 confirmed cases (81,325 active, 1...
May 06, 2021
SHA announces new walk-in and drive-thru vaccination site times
Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has announced new dates and times for this week's drive-thru and walk-in vaccination sites.Eligible groups include:all individuals 35 years of age and older,individ...
May 06, 2021
Saskatchewan rolls out plans for second doses, teen vaccinations
Saskatchewan is preparing for Round 2 of its vaccination fight against COVID-19.On Thursday, the provincial government revealed second doses of COVID vaccines will be administered to Saskatchewan resi...
May 06, 2021
Government reports 156 new cases of COVID-19, 265 recoveries, and no deaths
The Saskatchewan government is reporting 156 new cases of COVID-19 in the province today. This brings the provincial total to 42,376 cases; 39,717 recoveries and 2,158 cases considered active.No new d...
May 06, 2021
No tickets, charges issued in Quebec for travellers violating hotel quarantine order
MONTREAL - No one in Quebec has been fined or ticketed for violating the national health order requiring travellers arriving in Canada to quarantine at a designated hotel, according to province's pros...
May 06, 2021
NACI chair says advice not meant to give AstraZeneca recipients vaccine remorse
OTTAWA - The chair of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization says people who already got the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine should not feel they made a bad choice. Dr. Caroline Quach and the othe...
May 06, 2021
House parties and other gatherings blamed for Iqaluit's rise in COVID-19 cases
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's chief public health officer says house parties and visits between households are to blame for a rise in COVID-19 cases in Iqaluit, but vaccination rates have also climbed ...
May 06, 2021
Canada agrees to take part in WTO talks to waive patent protections on vaccines
WASHINGTON - Canada agreed Thursday to join World Trade Organization talks on waiving the rules that protect vaccine trade secrets - a measure drug companies and a number of world leaders say would on...
May 06, 2021
Family looking for answers: Woman with vaccine side-effects died of blood clot
EDMONTON - Wilf Lowenberg says his longtime family friend might still be alive had a hospital emergency department taken her side-effects from a COVID-19 shot more seriously. Lisa Stonehouse's family ...
May 06, 2021