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Article content The Northwestern Health Unit has received 300 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine and has begun rolling them out to long-term care residents in the region, the local health unit’s top doctor says. The NWHU’s medical officer of health, Dr. Kit Young Hoon, said on Tuesday that this current allocation will be adequate to give residents in long-term care homes and elder care facilities in First Nation communities their first dose of the vaccine. Young Hoon said due to the shor...

THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Unity Health Toronto, Katie Cooper The most common question being asked of Dr. Karina Top is “whether people in priority groups ([such as] health care workers) who have weakened immune systems or are pregnant should get the COVID-19 vaccine,” says the pediatric infectious disease physician and associate professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, whose research focus is vaccine safety, including for immune-compromised patients. “Whether they should get the vaccin...

COVID-19 immunization rates limited by supply of vaccine Total Shares The vaccine remains in short supply as Waterloo Region health officials prioritize the immunization of long-term care and retirement home residents. Mobile clinics began rolling out January 12, helping to boost region-wide totals to 12,000 shots by week’s end as stock on hand was used up and officials awaited another shipment this week. “The priority right now is to transfer the Pfizer vaccine to the mobile clinics so tha...

A member of Ontario's COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force has resigned after she travelled outside of Canada in December, the premier's office says.

A member of Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccination distribution task force is out of her role following the revelation that she travelled out of the country in December.

Western University chancellor Linda Hasenfratz is no longer a member of Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccination distribution task force after news broke that she travelled outside of Canada in December.

The Daily Chase: Biden to block Keystone XL; Bank of Canada decision day On a day when the world’s eyes will be on D.C., Joe Biden is making good on his pledge to block the Keystone XL pipeline. Early this morning, his administration released a laundry list of executive orders that will be signed today hours after he’s sworn in as president of the United States. As expected, the revocation of KXL’s presidential permit is on that list, and lands after readouts from Prime Minis...

Article content The union representing volunteer firefighters in the Town of Petawawa is calling on the provincial government to provide them priority access to COVID-19 vaccines even though they do not provide emergency medical response. According to a news release issued by Local 175 of the United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) on Jan. 13, volunteer Firefighters have yet to receive any timeline on when they can expect to receive a vaccine for COVID-19. UFCW Local 175 represents volunteer fi...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he’s deeply troubled by the recently-announced Pfizer vaccine shortage, and is changing the province’s COVID-19 vaccination plan to ensure the most vulnerable are given their necessary second dose.

As of Friday, over 10,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Waterloo Region. In addition to health care workers, the health unit started vaccinating long-term care residents via mobile clinics this week, and that work will continue with the current supply. For that reason, the vaccination clinic at Grand River Hospital will be closed for the next four days and reopen on Tuesday. This decision to pause the clinic utilizes the following principals, according to the local Va...