HALIFAX Fourty-nine-year-old Krista Hughes agreed to share the story of her COVID-19 symptoms, diagnosis, and hospital admission in a series of texts – her voice, too weak for a phone or video interview. The office manager, wife, and mother of two girls was admitted to the COVID-19 unit at the Halifax Infirmary last Monday, April 19, after suffering symptoms over the eight days prior. At the time of her conversation with CTV News, she was on oxygen and said she had developed COVID-related pneumonia. Hughes got tested for the virus as a precaution, thinking her initial symptoms were simply seasonal allergies. She also has asthma.
We Will ‘Get to Bottom of This’: MP Genuis on Transfer of Deadly Viruses From Canada to Wuhan Lab
Conservative MP Garnett Genuis says he is committed to getting to the bottom of the case regarding the transfer of deadly viruses from a lab in Canada to the Chinese military-affiliated Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).
Two Chinese scientists, Xiangguo Qiu and her husband Keding Cheng, and some of Qiu’s students from China, were escorted from the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) and stripped of their security access on July 5, 2019.
The Winnipeg lab Canada’s highest security Level 4 lab, works with some of the deadliest human and animal pathogens, such as Ebola.
Government of Canada invests in the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization indiaeducationdiary.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from indiaeducationdiary.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
by News Staff
Last Updated Apr 23, 2021 at 6:39 pm EDT
FILE: A person wears a protective face mask to help prevent the spread of Covid-19 as they walk past the emergency department of the Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver Wednesday, November 18, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Thirty-six cases of the double mutant COVID-19 variant first discovered in India, B.1.617, have been detected in Ontario.
Public Health Ontario says six of the cases detected through Public Health Ontario’s genomics surveillance program were all linked to international travel.
The other 30 were detected through Ontario’s COVID-19 airport and land border screening program through the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg. All the cases were detected in the last couple days.
From: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Backgrounder
The Government of Canada has long supported the University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization’s (VIDO) cutting-edge work in the discovery and development of vaccines for some of the world’s most infectious diseases.
The Government of Canada has long supported the University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization’s (VIDO) cutting-edge work in the discovery and development of vaccines for some of the world’s most infectious diseases.
In Budget 2021, the Government of Canada proposed a $59.2-million commitment to VIDO through Western Economic Diversification Canada to support the development of its COVID-19 vaccine candidates and expand its facility in Saskatoon.