Canada has received more than 430,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. But as of Thursday, only about 45 per cent of those doses have gone into arms. Those numbers are sourced from the COVID-19 Canada Open Data Working Group, made up of public health experts and data scientists from the University of Toronto and the University of Guelph.
Provincial governments across the country have been roundly criticized for not administering the vaccines they got in mid December quickly enough. Today on Front Burner, Globe and Mail health columnist André Picard and scientist Krishana Sankar, on why the rollout has been so challenging and what can be done about it.
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In today s Morning Brief, we look at whether the curfew Quebec is bringing in starting Saturday might help fight against rising cases of COVID-19. We also have the story of home family and friends are honouring the victims of Iran s Flight 752 air disaster.
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Will a curfew help get the pandemic under control in Quebec?
Starting Saturday, residents in much of Quebec will be prohibited from going outside at night. A new curfew from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. will run for four weeks the first of its kind in Canada since the coronavirus pandemic was declared.
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Good evening, here are the coronavirus updates you need to know tonight.
Top headlines:
In Canada, there have been at least
626,795cases reported. In the last week
53,813 new cases were announced,
21 per cent more than the previous week.
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531,227 recoveries and
16,600,106 tests.
Sources: Canada data is compiled from government websites, Johns Hopkins and COVID-19 Canada Open Data Working Group; international data is from Johns Hopkins University.
Provinces at odds with Ottawa over COVID-19 vaccine distribution theglobeandmail.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theglobeandmail.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Good evening, here are the coronavirus updates you need to know tonight.
Top headlines:
Canada will put more lives at risk if it doesn’t accelerate immunization campaigns, according to doctors who are growing increasingly concerned with the country’s vaccine efforts
Canada is the latest country to
In Canada, there have been at least