New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Wednesday she would end the state’s mask mandate for most indoor public places except schools, health care and correctional facilities. Her state would stop requiring people to wear a mask or prove they…
New modelling from Imperial College London, using data from England, shows the Omicron COVID-19 variant largely evades immunity from past infection or two vaccine doses. It estimates the risk of re-infection from Omicron is more than five times greater than…
Distribution of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is still on hold in Canada, but the National Advisory Council on Immunization (NACI) is now recommending it for Canadians 30 and up. Yet the committee is also saying others might want…
Toronto’s medical officer of health Dr. Eileen de Villa introduced new workplace restrictions aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19 during an update on the city’s response to the pandemic. Employers are now required to “immediately notify” Toronto Public Health…
People who contract the new coronavirus are most likely to be highly infectious for nine days after the onset of symptoms, a new study has found, reinforcing the need for self-isolation for at least 10 days. The peer-reviewed research, published…
On this episode of Global National: Canada is expecting to receive four million doses of two potential COVID-19 vaccines in the early months of 2021. Mike Drolet looks at who will be the first in line for vaccinations and why…
