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The leaders of Manitoba’s two largest political parties promised Wednesday to not impose any more COVID-19 “lockdowns” as two new opinion polls suggested the Opposition New Democrats had gained a commanding lead in the run-up to the Oct. 3 provincial election. “I can tell you that if we are back …
Read More »Long COVID presents ‘unfathomable’ burden as health-care system reaches ‘boiling point’ – National
Dr. Jennifer Hulme thought her COVID-19 infection was just “average.” She recovered in a matter of days and went back to work. Several weeks later she was incapacitated. “I woke up completely disabled, profoundly ill (and) completely changed from my previous self,” the Toronto emergency room doctor said. The avid …
Read More »Ontario churches look to take COVID-19 battle to Supreme Court of Canada
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two churches in southwestern Ontario are looking to head to Canada’s highest court in the latest chapter of their battles with the province over the COVID-19 pandemic. The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCFC), which represents the Aylmer Church of God and …
Read More »Lack of Ontario long COVID strategy risks care: ministry documents
TORONTO — Ontario’s lack of a long COVID strategy has led the health sector to cobble together “fragmented” clinics that are at risk of closure and may lead to little to no support for patients, internal Ministry of Health documents warn. Long COVID is not yet well understood, but the …
Read More »After 3 years of COVID-19, here’s how Canada’s ‘endemic’ future may look – National
On March 11, 2020, the world came to a screeching halt when the World Health Organization declared the COVID–19 outbreak a global pandemic. Schools across the world shut down, workplaces turned remote and the fast-spreading virus revealed the fragility of many countries’ health-care systems. Since then, the virus has claimed …
Read More »Ontario public health units press province for more stable funding
TORONTO — Ontario’s public health units are calling on the government to stop using one-time funding to bridge a gap it created four years ago, and to provide them with a predictable source of money as they address a backlog of services built up over the COVID-19 pandemic. Premier Doug …
Read More »Masking alone wouldn’t have eased Ontario’s respiratory virus surge in the fall: PHO document
TORONTO — Introducing a mask mandate when respiratory viruses surged in the fall may not have eased the crush on pediatric hospitals, a Public Health Ontario science brief obtained by The Canadian Press concludes. The brief — which was not proactively made public, unlike the reports done by the now-defunct …
Read More »Ontario pharmacists allowed to prescribe Paxlovid for COVID-19 treatment
The Ontario government said it will allow pharmacists to directly prescribe Paxlovid — an antiviral to treat COVID-19 — to patients who present a positive test. Ontario’s health minister Sylvia Jones said pharmacists can prescribe Paxlovid at no cost to the patient starting on Monday, Dec. 12. This means Ontarians …
Read More »omicron: Coronavirus: Immunity due to Omicron variant can prevent Delta re-infection, says ICMR-NIV Study – The Economic Times Video
Individuals infected with Omicron have significant immune response which could neutralise not only Omicron, but also other variants of concern, including the most prevalent Delta variant, an Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) study showed The study analysed the IgG and neutralising antibodies (NAbs) against B.1, Alpha, Beta, Delta, and …
Read More »Andhra Pradesh Records First Case Of Omicron Variant Of Coronavirus
New Delhi: A 34-year-old foreign traveller who came from Ireland has tested positive for Covid-19 on November 27 and when his samples were sent to CCMB, Hyderabad for genome sequencing, it has resulted in him being infected with Omicron variant. However, he didn’t have any symptoms and after a fortnight …
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