The first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine are slated to arrive in Canada later today. The Public Health Agency of Canada says some of the 30,000 initial doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will begin to touch down for transport to 14 distribution sites across the country starting tonight, with more...
Health Canada is warning individuals with allergies to any of the ingredients in Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to not receive the shot. In a notice Saturday, the health agency said they were issuing the recommendation following news that two vaccinated individuals in the U.K. experienced severe allergic reactions to it. The anaphylactoid...
Public health officials in Quebec reported 40 additional deaths associated with COVID-19 on Saturday and 1,898 new cases of the novel coronavirus. Public health authorities said 14 of those deaths took place in the preceding 24 hours with the rest taking place at an earlier date. The Health Department said there...
The Windsor Essex County Health Unit has announced 64 new cases of COVID-19 as of Saturday, bringing the local total to 4,517. Cases increased from 4,453 on Friday December 11th to 4,517 on Saturday December 12th and 606 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in Windsor-Essex. The Health Unit says 15...
A recent coronavirus outbreak at the Capilano Care Centre and a cluster of cases linked to tennis facilities at the Hollyburn Country Club recently pushed West Vancouver’s incidence of COVID-19 into one of the higher rates per population in the Lower Mainland outside of the Fraser health area. Statistics released...
New Brunswick health officials reported one new case of the coronavirus on Saturday, bringing the total number of active cases in the province to 72. The province says the new case is an individual self-isolating in the Saint John area. Four New Brunswickers are currently in the hospital with COVID-19, three...
As of today, Dec. 12, Nova Scotia has 61 active cases of COVID-19. Seven new cases are being reported today. Three cases are in the Western Zone. Two are close contacts of previously reported cases. One is an employee of Eden Valley Poultry. This case was included in yesterday's announcement...
Manitoba health officials are reporting 18 new COVID-19 deaths and 360 new cases of the disease. Announced in the province's daily COVID-19 bulletin on Saturday, all of the deaths except three are from Winnipeg. Eight of the deaths are related to outbreaks in Winnipeg senior-care facilities. A woman in her 60s and...
Ottawa Public Health reported 48 new cases of COVID-19 in the previous two hours, bringing the number of cases to 8,987. The death toll remained unchanged at 384. Twenty-six people have been hospitals with three people in intensive care. There are 367 active cases, with 8,263 cases resolved. OPH reported there are 18...
If you thought COVID-19 was nothing to be afraid of, think again. The Province of Alberta recently launched a COVID-19 awareness campaign aimed at a younger demographic and it has doubled down on showing how terrifying COVID-19 can be. According to Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw in a...