During the COVID-19 pandemic, neighbourhoods with high material deprivation and high proportions of racialized Canadians were disproportionately affected b
The fear, grief, social isolation, and financial and occupational losses from COVID-19 have created a mental health crisis. Ontario's response highlights the shortcomings of its physician-only public healthcare system that limits public access to appropriate and sustainable mental healthcare. ...
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 ...
The Public Health Agency of Canada said the latest provincial and territorial data show that an average of 1,892 people with COVID-19 were being treated in Canadian hospitals each day this week, which is 23 per cent higher than last week. “Keeping infection rates down remains key to ...
The North Toronto Vaccine Initiative (NTVI) is funded by Public Health Agency of Canada…Read More » Eligibility Criteria for COVID-19 PCR Testing in Ontario Prioritization of molecular tests…Read more » Excellent Care for the Community and Beyond ...
The role of a resilient information infrastructure in COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Ontario. Healthc Q. 2021;24(2):7-11. doi:10.12927/hcq.2021.26553PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 26. Public Health Ontario. COVID-19 in Ontario – a focus on neighbourhood diversity, February 26, 2020 to ...
Dr. Peter Donnelly, President and CEO of Public Health Ontario, addresses a media briefing on COVID-19 provincial modelling in Toronto, April 3, 2020.Photo by Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press The 100,000 deaths was an estimate of what could have happened if social distancing mea...
TORONTO — In consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health and other health experts, the Ontario government has developed the Keeping Ontario Safe and Open Framework. It ensures that public health measures are targeted, incremental and responsive to help limit the spread of COVI...
It’s the first step in the province’s plan to gradually ease public health restrictions meant to curb the spread of COVID-19. Restaurant dining rooms, gyms and cinemas will reopen at half capacity today after being shuttered on Jan. 5 due to the rapid spread of the Omicron va...
According to data from Public Health Ontario, there have been 1,075 deaths related to COVID-19 reported so far this month. About 57 per cent of the people who died were aged 80 or older, and another 35 per cent were people between the ages of 60 and 79. ...