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A warning from Ontario’s top doctor ahead of the holiday season – cases of COVID-19, RSV and influenza are circulating and expected to peak in the coming weeks.

  A local pharmacist said theres still a large demand for COVID-19 tests for international travellers, despite the federal government encouraging people to only leave the country for essential purposes. Pascal Niccoli, a pharmacist at Shoppers Drug Mart in Waterloo, said many people are still boarding International flights. "If people are going to choose to travel, we want to make sure they are doing that safely and access to testing is critical," Niccoli said. Ontario stopped providing fr...

Posted: Jan 06, 2021 6:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 6 Kelly Grindrod is a pharmacist and associate professor at the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy(Peggy Lam/CBC) Remember the flu shot? In the fall, it was a hot commodity, with some pharmacies reporting shortages due to surging demand.  But if you missed your appointment back then – or if your appointment was cancelled – pharmacist Kelly Grindrod says its a good idea to get it now. "Generally speaking, we would still say its ...