TORONTO News that Canada is behind other countries in their COVID-19 vaccination rollout schemes while in a critical point in the pandemic has experts worried the country wonât meet the September 2021 vaccination goal set by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The vast geography of the country, including remote communities where the logistics of flying in healthcare is complicated âas well as tricky storage requirements of the Pfizer vaccine, were initially pointed out as roadblocks to the rollout. But with the arrival of Modernaâs easier-to-store vaccine, and Health Canada reviewing more vaccine products on the horizon, experts say governments need to shift focus.
TORONTO With some morgues running out of space and hospitals facing an explosion in critically ill patients, Canada s COVID-19 caseload rose sharply on Wednesday, while Quebec mulled tighter restrictions that could include the country s first curfew.
Canada has now seen close to 625,000 cases of COVID-19, about 16,300 of them fatal. The bulk of cases has been in the country s two largest provinces, where conditions have been deteriorating rapidly in recent weeks.
Compounding the picture was the still small but growing number of cases related to a novel coronavirus variant first found in the U.K. that is believed to be even more contagious than the original.
Some morgues, ICUs running out of space amid explosive growth in COVID-19 cases
by Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press
Posted Jan 6, 2021 12:20 pm EDT
Last Updated Jan 6, 2021 at 12:28 pm EDT
TORONTO With some morgues running out of space and hospitals facing an explosion in critically ill COVID-19 patients, the federal government was set on Wednesday to announce further measures related to incoming travellers, while Quebec mulled tighter restrictions that could include the country’s first curfew.
Canada has now seen nearly 625,000 cases of COVID-19, about 16,300 of them fatal. The bulk of cases has been in the country’s two largest provinces, where conditions have been deteriorating rapidly in recent weeks.
The fraught, often frightening year of 2020 may be over, but experts warn the dawn of a new one doesn t leave behind the troubles caused by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Coronavirus: What s happening in Canada and around the world on Saturday
India s drug regulator has recommended the emergency-use approval of two vaccines for COVID-19 one developed by Oxford University and U.K.-based drugmaker AstraZeneca, and another by the Indian manufacturer Bharat Biotech.
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A health worker participates in a COVID-19 vaccine delivery system trial in Hyderabad, India, on Saturday.(Mahesh Kumar A./The Associated Press)