EDMONTON It will be illegal to gather with anyone you don’t live with this Christmas, unless you live alone, and some local physicians say breaking the law will also break the healthcare system. “Right now in Alberta we have about two large community hospitals worth of COVID patients in our hospital system,” infectious diseases specialist Lynora Saxinger told CTV News Edmonton. “On top of what we usually do.” Saxinger suggests anyone considering attending a holiday gathering first imagine the headline, should COVID-19 show up uninvited. “‘Family gathering turns into X number of hospitalizations and possible deaths.’ How does that feel? Because really that’s the reality of what people are looking at.” Saxinger said.
Coronavirus: What s happening in Canada and around the world on Dec. 14
Canada s COVID-19 vaccination campaign kicked off on Monday with the vaccinations of a long-term care resident in Quebec City and a personal support worker in Toronto, as the country tries to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus that has infected more than 464,000 Canadians.
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Personal support worker among first to receive COVID-19 vaccine in Canada
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0:44Anita Quidangen, a personal support worker in Toronto, became one of the first people in Canada to receive a COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 14, 2020.0:44
Alberta reported a record 1,887 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday and another 15 deaths.
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Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro said Monday the province will give 29,000 health-care workers their first doses of the Pfizer vaccine by the end of December. (CBC)
Edmonton ICU doctor to get COVID-19 vaccine this week, says it brings hope
An Edmonton ICU doctor who has been outspoken about the pressures COVID-19 has been putting on Alberta hospitals says he expects to get the vaccine on Wednesday.
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