On August 19, 2020 the Government of Manitoba released a colour-coded riskPandemic Response System. Given the different contexts and underlying risk conditions within First Nation communities, it is possible that a First Nation community may be at a higher alert level than its nearby provincial com...
A Manitoba mother says a routine appointment for her and her three-year-old to get flu shots ended in frustration and mixed messages after they were each mistakenly given an adult dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Jenna Bardarson is calling for policy changes at the province’s vacci...
When a safe and effective vaccine against COVID-19 is licensed for use, there will be a global clamour for access to supplies. 6 | Nature India COVID-19 Special | June 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered more than 115 vaccine projects around the world. After ...
Kerry Bowman, who teaches bioethics and global health at the University of Toronto, said it’s likely Ottawa doesn’t have the information the provinces are seeking regarding the timing and quantity of vaccine deliveries, particularly if its contracts with drugmakers are conditional. But if tha...
“This year, as is every year with the flu vaccine, we need to make sure that before the new formulations roll out into the clinics, the old formulations have all been removed,” Sheppard says. The federal agency released a directive to provinces and territories last month to dispose of va...
Shi also denied suggestions that the first human infection could have involved someone from her team—who caught the virus either in the lab or in the field. Between the beginning of the outbreak in Wuhan and the first vaccine shots, she told me, every member of her team was tested multipl...
Manitoba to ban health care workers from visiting multiple sites Manitoba health care workers will only be allowed to work inone care home or institutionto help stop the spread of COVID-19. Officials made the move to help protect sick and elderly individuals,...
Dr. Joss Reimer, medical lead for Manitoba’s vaccine rollout, said universities are best-equipped to make their own decisions to protect students and staff, without provincial interference. “With cases being low, we’re at a really great time in our COVID experience,” said Reime...
The British singer and guitarist has been outspoken about his skepticism about the Covid vaccine. In Dec. 2020 he was featured on a Van Morrison song “Stand and Deliver,” with lyrics that were critical of the lockdowns that happened in America. Two months after the song was released, he...
“Canada went from being in a precarious position in January of 2021 in terms of vaccine supply to by June of 2021 being the world leader in vaccine coverage — outstripping the United Kingdom, even Israel, in terms of the proportion that had been vaccinated. And we sho...