Once upon a time, the isolation period for someone with COVID-19, or even just someone who had recently travelled abroad, was 14 days, which Canada got pretty serious about enforcing up to and includingmandatory quarantine hotel stays. Though unvaccinated, asymptomatic passengers arriving in the ...
Doug Ford is in isolation, according to his team, after coming into close contact with a staffer who later tested positive for COVID-19. "Today, a member of Premier Ford's staff who came into close contact with him yesterday was tested for COVID-19 after learning that they had been at...
In Atlantic Canada, Prince Edward Island reported a single-day record of 169 new COVID-19 cases. Chief public health officer Dr. Heather Morrison said most of the cases involve mild to moderate symptoms that she credited to the high level of vaccination in the province. COVID-19 has al...
In Atlantic Canada, Prince Edward Island reported a single-day record of 169 new COVID-19 cases. Chief public health officer Dr. Heather Morrison said most of the cases involve mild to moderate symptoms that she credited to the high level of vaccination in the province. COVID-19 has also...
This cross-sectional study quantifies the added burden of fatal opioid overdoses during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada.
Here we report twenty-seven SARS-CoV-2 genomes from cases of COVID-19 within the eastern region of the province of Ontario, Canada. These samples included most of the first cases in the region and therefore infection was thought to have occurred during international travel or while in ...
Introduction: The COVID19 pandemic caused a shift towards virtual delivery of care as it was considered the safer means of care delivery. Simultaneously, it caused a rise in mental health and addiction issues due to stress and isolation. This shift to virtual care disproportion...
York Region: Homelessness COVID-19 Response Team In the spring of 2020, as COVID-19 began to impact York Region communities and the number of cases rose, York Region took proactive steps to develop a comprehensive and integrated strategy to support people experiencing or at risk of homelessnes...
Here, per the provincial government'sCOVID-19 Response Framework document,are the new rules that will apply to Ontario regions in grey-lockdown zones once stay-at-home orders are lifted. Organized public events, social gatherings and wedding, funeral and religious services, rites and ceremonies ...
Queensway Carleton Hospital had 45 staff members isolating due to COVID-19 this week. The hospital said it has plans in place to “pivot services further” if needed, adding that staff have picked up extra shifts and workloads “to support their patients and each other.”...