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Montreal’s COVID-19 positivity rate has climbed to 10.6 per cent from 9.3 last week, a sign the second wave has yet to crest in the metropolis, according to the latest data by the city’s public health department.
The weekly report by public health officials paints a portrait of still-rising community transmission of the coronavirus in Montreal. On Wednesday, the city posted 754 COVID-19 cases within the previous 24 hours after three days in the 900-plus range.
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Quebec has begun receiving doses of the second COVID-19 vaccine approved by Health Canada and will begin administering it next week, Health Minister Christian Dubé announced on Wednesday. Dubé said the province has received 32,500 doses of the vaccine, which has less stringent refrigeration requirements than the Pfizer vaccine currently being administered. Quebec gave 25,239 people the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine by Tuesday.
Dr. Raymond Tellier was reviewing positive COVID-19 test results two weeks ago when one caught his eye. Analyzing the printout that accompanies the results, the medical microbiologist realized something was off. The result had come from the laboratory at Montreal’s Shriners Hospitals for Children, which receives up to 500 samples for analysis from the McGill University Health Centre each day. Laboratory technicians at the Shriners had also
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McGill University Health Centre nurse Naveed Hussain will remember 2020 as a year in which he cared for many patients with COVID-19, the year he got COVID-19 himself, and the year he discovered jazz legend Oscar Peterson. All are, in some way, connected.
When he works on a COVID-19 unit, which could be a couple of weeks at a stretch, Hussain’s personal protective equipment includes a gown in addition to the face shield or goggles, mask and gloves he wears when working on the internal medicine service. His mindset, though, is the same.
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First case of U.K. s coronavirus variant detected in Quebec
A statement from Quebec s Health Ministry says infected traveller had close contacts with three relatives after returning home on Dec. 11, more than a week before flights from the U.K. were halted. One has tested positive for the variant.
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Posted: Dec 29, 2020 10:49 AM ET | Last Updated: December 29, 2020
Canadians are being discouraged from travelling abroad to slow the spread of COVID-19.(Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press)
First case of U.K. s coronavirus variant detected in Quebec
A statement from Quebec s Health Ministry says infected traveller had close contacts with three relatives after returning home on Dec. 11, more than a week before flights from the U.K. were halted. One has tested positive for the variant.
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Posted: Dec 29, 2020 10:49 AM ET | Last Updated: December 29, 2020
Canadians are being discouraged from travelling abroad to slow the spread of COVID-19.(Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press)