The City of Toronto has extended its Read and Vax campaign until the end of March, allowing the public to get their COVID-19 vaccine at library branches.Read more… First Nations in Manitoba keeping COVID-19 rules despite easing in province Manitoba has lifted the last of its pandemic-relat...
Deena Hinshaw stressed the proven safety of the AstraZeneca vaccine. The Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun has released a series of features looking back at the last year. Read all of our COVID One Year Later series. All Albertans in Phase 2A of the...
Several provinces were also expanding their vaccine eligibility on Monday in anticipation of larger shipments in the coming days. Ontario and Manitoba lowered the age of eligibility for the general public to register for shots to 75 and 65, respectively. In Manitoba, Indigenous p...
Trudeau announces more vaccine funding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced thefederal government will spendmore than $1 billion to help scientists develop, test, and manufacture a COVID-19 vaccine in Canada. The funds are in addition to a $275 million ...
Vaccine hesitancy 1. Introduction Vaccination has been a pivotal intervention to control the COVID-19 pandemic. In Canada, vaccinations started in mid-December 2020, with provinces and territories immunizing priority groups first and progressively opening up eligibility. In general, Canadians have been...
(Turgeon); University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (Zarychanski); Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California (Lewis); Statistical Editor, JAMA (Lewis); Senior Editor, JAMA (Angus); Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, St Mary's Hospital, London, United Kingdom (Gordon); St John ...
The availability of ABO-compatible convalescent plasma from donors who had recovered from COVID-19 infection was an eligibility requirement. Exclusion criteria were (1) more than 12 d from the onset of respiratory symptoms; (2) imminent or current intubation; (3) a contraindication to plasma ...
Provinces welcomed both the vaccine’s approval and imminent arrival, but largely held off on disclosing plans for getting shots into children’s arms until supplies had arrived. New Brunswick issued a statement Sunday saying vaccine eligibility will be expanded to include children aged five t...
As provinces begin rolling out their booster programs to fend off new waves of COVID-19, vaccine eligibility could lead to more waste, said Dr. Leyla Asadi, an Edmonton-based infectious diseases doctor. “If doses are being discarded because of a lack of eligibility or strict cri...
As provinces begin rolling out their booster programs to fend off new waves of COVID-19, vaccine eligibility could lead to more waste, said Dr. Leyla Asadi, an Edmonton-based infectious diseases doctor. “If doses are being discarded because of a lack of eligibility or strict cr...