Originally, we had our booster shot appointment scheduled at CVS only to learn that they didn’t carry the Moderna booster. Luckily for us, though, Walmart had it readily available and you can schedule an appointment or just walk in for your vaccines. We went with the latter option and we...
Saskatchewan’s biggest cities saw a decrease in COVID-19 in their wastewater. The University of Regina reported a significant decrease for Regina compared to last week and is now nearing the levels from the beginning of the Omicron wave.Read more… May 18 Why Saskatoon’s COVID-19 trend co...
Across the majority of countries with ageing populations, the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on older adults in long term care facilities (LTFCs) [1]. In England alone, during the first two months of the pandemic there were 12,526 deaths among LTCF residents either confirmed or ...
Stamford Bridge opened its doors to the local community over the weekend as a pop-up vaccination centre in the fight against COVID-19. On Saturday, the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan visited Chelsea's stadium, where over 5,000 vaccinations and booster jabs were administered at 55 vaccination ...
According to the CDC, those who got a second booster were seven times less likely to be hospitalized -- and 21 times less likely to die from COVID-19 -- than the unvaccinated. But in real numbers, the risk -- even for the elderly -- is much smaller to begin with ...
ACT Health has confirmed some COVID-19 testing centres will remain open over the long weekend from Friday, 15 April, to Monday, 18 April: Garran, from 7:30 am to 9 pm (testing for all ages) Mitchell drive through, from 1:30 pm to 9 pm (testing for people aged 5 y...
In Ottawa, we implemented the approach the research team had originally envisioned. The process began with meetings at the Ottawa PHU, where key partners helped identify individuals from diverse community organizations, such as Community Resource Centres (CRCs) and Community Health Centres (CHCs). Th...
Those held in detention centres may be denied any access to the vaccines [43]. The multiplicity of factors that may operate in combination emphasizes the need for using an intersectionality framework in addressing inequalities of access to COVID-19 vaccination by undocumented migrants [44]. A ...
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42,912 confirmed cases are reported this week in Hong Kong (28/3-3/4). March 2022 29.03 CDC updated its recommendations on this date to allow certain immunocompromised individuals and people over the age of 50 who received an initial booster dose at least 4 months ago to be eligible fo...