Ontario’s associate chief medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe, alongside COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force members Dr. Dirk Huyer, coordinator for provincial outbreak response, and bioethicist Dr. Maxwell Smith, provided an update Wednesday on the province’s Ethical Framework for…
Ontario reported 1,824 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday, a jump in cases due to a data error for one local public health unit, bringing the provincial total to 121,746. Thursday’s case count is an increase from Wednesday which saw…
British Columbia health officials on Monday reported 1,120 new cases of COVID-19 over three days and six new deaths. B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix and Dr. Reka Gustafson, deputy provincial health officer, delivered the province’s update on the latest COVID-19…
British Columbia reported 234 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, the ninth consecutive day the province has added more than 200 cases to its total. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix also reported one new…
The Ontario government has made available $300 million in funding for restaurants and other businesses impacted financially by the coronavirus pandemic, Premier Doug Ford said on Tuesday, during a press conference at Mamma Martino’s Restaurant in Etobicoke, Ont. This money…
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addressed on Monday the recent discussions on herd immunity response to the pandemic as cases resurge globally. Tedros said that adapting the herd immunity response would be “scientifically ethically problematic” as most…
