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Ontario: Keep masks in healthcare!

Published November 6, 2023

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📣 Let hospital CEOs and MPPs know you want universal masking with respirators in Ontario hospitals

✉ Send letters to voice your support for universal masking with respirators in hospitals. You can use your own email software to send the letters.

Why take action? SARS-CoV-2 is an airborne, level 3 pathogen. We need universal masking with respirators to prevent COVID-induced health issues, including long COVID, cognitive issues, and cardiovascular diseases.

Please take a moment to voice your support for universal masking with respirators in Ontario hospitals!

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Topic: British ColumbiaView all posts for the topic: British Columbia

Most British Columbians Are Way Overdue for Their COVID Boosters

Published November 3, 2023

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Published by: The Tyee
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By Michelle Gamage

As the province rolls out its fall 2023 duo COVID-influenza vaccination campaign, the majority of British Columbians are overdue to shore up their viral defences by half a year.

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Two seniors die of COVID-19 in Waterloo Region as hospitalizations stay relatively high

Published November 3, 2023

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Published by: Waterloo Region Record
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A woman in her 90s and a woman in her 70s have died of COVID-19, the regional public health unit revealed Friday in a weekly report.

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East Vancouver woman warns of COVID-19, flu vaccine appointment shortage

Published November 3, 2023

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Published by: CityNews
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By Sonia Aslam

About a month after the provincial government rolled out its flu and COVID-19 vaccine campaign, one East Vancouver woman says she’s having a heck of a time getting an appointment for her family.

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AHS mask mandate takes effect at Drumheller health centre

Published November 3, 2023

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Published by: Calgary Herald
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By Hiren Mansukhani

The Drumheller Health Centre has become the first acute-care facility in southern Alberta to adopt AHS masking rules to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The mandate, posted by Alberta Health Services on Friday, requires all patients, visitors, and medical and non-medical staff to wear masks in areas where patients are cared for, including the long-term care and supportive living wings of the hospital, as well as the Community Cancer Centre.

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Topic: New BrunswickView all posts for the topic: New Brunswick

COVID-19 : le gouvernement Higgs poursuivi pour son manque de communication en français

Published November 2, 2023

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Published by: Radio-Canada
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A citizen who believes that his language rights were violated during the COVID-19 media availability takes legal action against the Province of New Brunswick, the…

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‘Political preferences’ played role in COVID-19 pandemic response, Russell reveals

Published November 2, 2023

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Published by: CBC News
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By Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon

I think New Brunswickers were under the impression that government was looking for recommendations, for opinions from Public Health experts to make these decisions, and [it] feels like that 
 clearly wasn’t what was happening

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Topic: long COVIDView all posts for the topic: long COVID

Long COVID patient feels ‘discarded’ by N.L. government, says it’s deflecting responsibility for condition

Published November 2, 2023

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Published by: CBC News
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By Jessica Singer

Newfoundland and Labrador’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, says addressing and treating long COVID isn’t within the purview of public health.

It’s left some patients in the province feeling left behind.

“There’s so many people that are likely suffering that have no clue because there is no provincial directive,” said Stacey Alexander, a teacher from Corner Brook who has been suffering from long COVID since the beginning of 2020.

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COVID-19: Risk index at high for Peterborough area, 3 new hospitalized cases

Published November 1, 2023

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Published by: Global News
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By Greg Davis

After two straight weeks at a moderate level, Peterborough Public Health raised the community risk index for COVID-19 for the region to a high level on Wednesday afternoon.

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Influenza, COVID-19 vaccines available for all Hamilton residents aged 6 months and up

Published November 1, 2023

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Published by: CBC News
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By Desmond Brown

All Hamilton residents six months of age and over can now access flu and COVID-19 vaccines through participating local pharmacies, primary care and community partners and city run vaccine clinics, Hamilton Public Health Services (HPHS) says.

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Les visites sont suspendues Ă  l’hĂŽpital de GaspĂ©

Published November 1, 2023

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Published by: Radio-Canada
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Those who wish to go to the bedside of a patient staying at the Gaspé hospital will have to wait to do so. The Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de la Gaspésie suspends site visits for an indefinite period, due to COVID-19.

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Comment se procurer les vaccins contre la COVID-19 et la grippe à Ottawa et en Outaouais ?

Published November 1, 2023

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Ontario launched its vaccination campaign this week, allowing most people to get COVID-19 and flu vaccines.

According to the latest update from Ottawa Public Health (OPH), Ottawa health facilities are at high risk for respiratory diseases such as COVID, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

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How to get COVID-19, flu vaccines in Ottawa

Published November 1, 2023

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Published by: CBC News
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The province cranked the 2023-24 respiratory season vaccine campaign wide open this week, allowing most people to get updated COVID-19 and flu vaccines.

Ottawa’s health-care institutions are at high risk from respiratory illness such as COVID, flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), according to Ottawa Public Health (OPH)’s latest update.

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Global COVID vaccination saved 2.4 million lives in first 8 months, study estimates

Published October 31, 2023

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Published by: CIDRAP
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By Mary Van Beusekom

The COVID-19 vaccination campaign in 141 countries averted 2.4 million excess deaths by August 2021 and would have saved another 670,000 more lives had vaccines been distributed equitably, estimates a working paper from University of Southern California (USC) and Brown University researchers.

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