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Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world March 14 Canada has now administered more than three million COVID-19 vaccine doses as of Sunday, according to a CBC News tally. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Mar 14, 2021 8:45 AM ET | Last Updated: March 15 Pharmacist Abraam Rafael administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Maureen Doyle at his pharmacy in Toronto on Sunday.(Cole Burston/The Canadian Press)

Canada needs national standards in public health, report says Ryan Tumilty © Provided by National Post Some provinces allowed testing of asymptomatic people, while others restricted testing just to those with symptoms, the Canadian Public Health Association found. OTTAWA – Testing, contact tracing and data collection during the pandemic should be more uniform across the country with provinces following national standards, a new report from public health experts argues. The Canadian Public Health Association released a review of the early months of the pandemic this wee...

Winnipeg Free Press By: Jon Victor, The Canadian Press Posted: MONTREAL - Pharmacies are pushing to get involved in Canada’s vaccination effort, pitching their expansive networks and experience with vaccine distribution as potential selling points. The first Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine dose in Canada sits ready for use at The Michener Institute in Toronto on December 14, 2020. As Canada’s vaccination effort scales up to millions of people, pharmacies are pushing to get involved, pitching their...

Pharmacies push to join COVID-19 vaccination effort as distribution ramps up by Jon Victor, The Canadian Press Posted Dec 31, 2020 8:00 am EDT Last Updated Dec 31, 2020 at 8:14 am EDT MONTREAL — Pharmacies are pushing to get involved in Canada’s vaccination effort, pitching their expansive networks and experience with vaccine distribution as potential selling points. Nationwide chains Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. and London Drugs Ltd. say they have had conversations with the federal and provincial governments about co-operating on vaccine distribution once the doses become more widely availab...

Pharmacies push to join COVID 19 vaccination effort as distribution ramps up December 31, 2020   by Jon Victor, The Canadian Press, Montreal Pharmacies are pushing to get involved in Canada’s vaccination effort, pitching their expansive networks and experience with vaccine distribution as potential selling points. Nationwide chains Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. and London Drugs Ltd. say they have had conversations with the federal and provincial governments about co-operating on vaccine distribution once the doses become more widely available, although there are curre...