Proof of vaccination against COVID-19 is now required to access big-box and other large-scale retail stores across Quebec.Quebec Premier François Legault said at a briefing last week that the situation in the hard-hit province is still fragile, with high levels of hospitalizations. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press)The latest: COVID-19 can wreak havoc on your body. So…
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Canada’s chief public health officer is urging those who have yet to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to take that step as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus continues to strain health-care systems across the country.People walk past ambulances to enter the emergency department doors of the Trillium Health Partners-Queensway Hospital in Mississauga, Ont., on Saturday.…
Several provinces have again hit highs in new COVID-19 cases, with Ontario reporting a total of 18,445 on Saturday, compared with 16,713 the day before, and Quebec, Nunavut, and Newfoundland and Labrador also releasing their latest figures.Canadians celebrate scaled-back New Year’s Eve amid COVID-19 restrictionsCanadians’ plans for loud, jubilant New Year’s celebrations have been scuttled…
More provinces reduced isolation requirements Friday for people who test positive for COVID-19 in an effort to lessen staffing shortages as the Omicron variant continued to drive diagnoses at record rates.Science supports shorter COVID-19 isolation, says Alberta’s HinshawThere is scientific evidence to support a shorter time in isolation if a vaccinated person gets the coronavirus,…
As COVID-19 infections soar across the country, restrictions are being reintroduced in a desperate effort to try to slow the rampant spread of the Omicron variant.Dr. Sabra Gibbons administers a COVID-19 vaccine shot at a drive-thru clinic in Kingston, Ont., on Saturday. (Lars Hagberg/The Canadian Press)The latest: Maple Leafs vs. Canucks game in Vancouver postponed…
Nigeria has detected its first case of the omicron coronavirus variant in travellers that arrived from South Africa in the past week, the country’s national public health institute said Wednesday, correcting its earlier statement that it found the variant in samples taken in October.Proof of vaccination now required for plane, train travel in CanadaPeople 12…
The Dutch health council advised the government Tuesday to begin giving COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to everybody 60 and older and residents of nursing homes, saying it was seeing indications that COVID-19 protection was waning among older people.Syringes and a vial of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine sit on a general practitioners’ table during a vaccination campaign…
A rush of eleventh-hour inoculations sharply reduced the number of New York City emergency responders who failed to meet the city’s coronavirus vaccination requirement as it began to be enforced on Monday, officials said.Firefighters watch as their engine enters a station in New York City on Oct. 29. Monday is the first full workday that…
The slow pace of vaccinations in Eastern Europe is rooted in several factors, including public distrust and past experience with other vaccines.A patient suffering from COVID-19 receives oxygen support at the intensive care unit of the City Clinical Hospital Number 3 in Kyiv on Tuesday. (Stanislav Kozliuk/Reuters)The latest: Food banks, already in crisis mode due to…