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Heres CBC Ottawas latest roundup of key updates during the coronavirus pandemic. Social Sharing CBC News · People wearing masks line up outside a business in Ottawa.(Mathieu Theriault/CBC) comments Recent developments: Ottawa reported 198 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, continuing the trend of single-day case numbers in the triple digits.  Ontario is in a provincewide shutdown.  Experts are urging the province to vaccinate essential workers as hospitals reach capacity. When virtual sch...

  TORONTO -- Top doctors in Toronto, Peel Region and Ottawa are calling on the Ontario government to issue a provincewide stay-at-home order in an effort to control the surge of COVID-19 variants. In the letter to Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, which is dated April 4, the doctors say that while they welcome the provincial shutdown, stronger measures are required to reverse the surge of infections. The letter is signed by Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health Dr. Eileen de Vil...

Why restricting AstraZeneca vaccines in Canada means balancing vaccine risk vs. disease risk Canada’s decision to suspend the use of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine in Canadians under 55 during a surging third wave and a slow vaccination rollout is a calculated risk. Social Sharing 3rd wave hitting younger Canadians harder, but AstraZeneca vaccine only for 55+ due to rare blood clot risk Posted: Apr 03, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 3 The decision to restrict the use of one of four app...

By SHELLY HAGAN, KEVIN ORLAND AND SANDRA MERGULHAO | Bloomberg | Published: April 3, 2021 Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See more staff and wire stories here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. Canadas financial capital is in a pandemic lockdown that seems to have no end. Restaurants in Toronto were ordered to close their dining rooms in October as a second wave of ...

Author of the article: Elizabeth Payne Publishing date: Apr 01, 2021  •  3 days ago  •  5 minute read  •  Ontario Premier Doug Ford takes off his mask during an April 1, 2021 announcement at Queens Park. Ontario will enter into a four-week partial shutdown beginning Saturday as COVID-19 cases in the province spike. Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press Photo by Frank Gunn /THE CANADIAN PRESS Article content Ontario pulled the “emergency brake” Thursday, placing the entire province...

  TORONTO -- As COVID-19 case levels rise across Canada, prompting new shutdowns in several provinces and causing doctors to ring alarm bells over ICU capacity, one question is front of mind: what will it take for Canada to rise out of this third wave? Experts are split on which strategy is best, but a common thread is the feeling that governments need to be doing more than they currently are, both in planning and communicating with the public. "Weve got two to three months of hard work," ...

15 questions about the AstraZeneca vaccine in wake of new recommendations Vaxx Populi: What happens to Canadians 55-and-under whove had a first dose, what to do if youre offered the vaccine, what we know about a condition called VIPIT, and more Vaccine for COVID 19 by AstraZeneca box next to a syringe (Photo by Stefano Guidi/Getty Images) In the past few months, as AstraZeneca got its COVID-19 vaccine approved in Britain, Canada and Europe, it has contended with a growing list of concerns abo...

Use mobile vaccinations to reach Ontarios 75,000 homebound seniors, says COVID-19 science table Mobile in-home vaccinations are "imperative" as Ontario looks to dampen the surge in COVID-19 cases, experts warn. They say more than a quarter of those aged 75 and up have still not received a single dose of a vaccine, nor have they booked an appointment to receive one. Social Sharing

The number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care in Ontario is projected to reach nearly 800 by the end of April even with the continuation of vaccinations and the implementation of two or four weeks of stay-at-home orders, according to the latest modelling update.

New modelling shows over 10,000 daily COVID-19 cases in Ontario by May SHARE ON: Photo provided by Ontarios COVID-19 Science Advisory Table Ontario’s third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is here and is being driven by variants of concern.  New modelling has the province reaching 12,000 new daily cases by the end of April if stronger safety measures are not applied.  Dr. Adelsteinn Brown, the Co-Chair of Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, says the variants fueling the third wave ar...