“We are grateful to Hospitals of Regina Foundation for this support. Their investment will benefit the people of Saskatchewan, including frontline healthcare providers, as we address potential new threats as Canada’s Centre for Pandemic Research,” said VIDO director and CEO Dr. Volker Gerdts. This new funding will help expand VIDO’s infrastructure to develop new vaccines. With the addition of global scientific leaders and enhanced training, VIDO will be poised to lead Canada’s response to future pandemic threats. “We are pleased to be investing in this new vaccine centre in our province to support the research and development of a made-in Saskatchewan COVID-19 vaccine, as well as other vaccines that will positively impact the health of our southern Saskatchewan community and prepare our province for the next pandemic,” said HRF president and CEO Dino Sophocleous. “With what we’ve experienced over the past year and a half, this is a needed step in building our c
SASKATOON - The Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) is one step closer to establishing its Centre for Pandemic Research, thanks to a . . .
By Gord Wiebe
May 19, 2021 | 6:52 AM
The Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan is one step closer to establishing its Centre for Pandemic Research, thanks to a $150,000 donation from Saskatchewan Blue Cross.
The money will be used to upgrade and expand VIDO’s infrastructure as well as support research and scientific training.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, VIDO has taken a national leadership role, being the first in Canada to isolate the virus that causes COVID-19, the first in Canada to develop an animal model, and the first Canadian university organization to have a COVID-19 vaccine in clinical trials.
Saskatoon's VIDO-InterVac is another step closer to becoming Canada's Centre for Pandemic Research with the $59.2 million announced for the facility i.
Finance Minister Donna Harpauer. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
In a change from previous years, Premier Scott Moe and Saskatchewan Finance Minister Donna Harpauer learned the details of the federal budget at the same time as the rest of the country.
Normally, there would have been a meeting to explain the details prior to budget day, but that didn’t happen this year.
“We hope that the federal government (will) and I’m sure they will engage over the course of this week into next week with the provinces on what are some of the details of the programs that were announced today and how we can apply them to best suit folks in communities right across Saskatchewan,” Moe said after the budget was released Monday.