As cases of COVID-19 climb in the London region, London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) and St. Josephs’s Health Care London are revising their masking rules to require staff and doctors in direct contact with patients to wear masks, and recommend visitors and patients do the same.
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Where can I get a COVID-19 rapid test? CTV News looks at the rules in each province and territory
Since provinces and territories are responsible for the distribution of rapid tests, their availability will ultimately depend on where you live.
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Data on COVID-19 scarce as long-term care homes deal with outbreaks
The province’s online portal on COVID-19 hasn’t been updated since July 24.
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Mandatory masks are back at Montreal’s CHUM, centre-west health board
The Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) and the regional health board for the city’s centre-west region are bringing back mandatory mask rules.
The rule, which applies to both staff and visitors, took effect on Friday at every facility of the CIUSSS du Centre-Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal. That includes the Montreal Jewish General Hospital.
Comments closedFaced with the increase in cases of COVID-19 and respiratory viruses, wearing a mask will once again be mandatory at the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) starting Monday.
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COVID-19 : trois hôpitaux de Kingston imposent le retour du masque obligatoire
The mandatory mask is back in some hospitals in Kingston.
The Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) announced the immediate return to mandatory masks in a press release released Thursday, citing the growing prevalence of COVID-19 in the region.
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Where to get COVID-19 rapid tests in Ottawa
Free rapid COVID tests are available through Ottawa Public Health at more than 30 locations across Ottawa.
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Sepsis associated with COVID-19 infections more common than thought
Today in JAMA Network Open, researchers provide new evidence that the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2–associated sepsis among hospitalized adults is higher than previously thought, but deaths from the condition became less frequent as the pandemic progressed.
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Mandatory masking coming back to Kingston’s hospitals
Mandatory masking is returning to Kingston’s hospitals.
Citing “rising COVID-19 prevalence” in the region, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) announced the immediate return to masking in a media release shared Thursday.
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New COVID-19 wave puts 30 patients in Waterloo Region hospitals as disease surges
The latest COVID-19 wave put 30 patients in local hospitals by Wednesday, the most in five months.
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La richesse des groupes antivaccins
The pandemic has been lucrative for anti-vaccine groups. The two most influential in the United States saw their revenues more than double between 2020 and 2021. Although they are officially non-profit organizations, one of them was able to pay its director a salary of half a million dollars a year.
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SARS-CoV-2 can infect coronary arteries and trigger heart attack, stroke, study suggests
SARS-CoV-2 can directly infect the arteries of the heart, inflaming the fatty plaque inside and raising the risk of heart attack and stroke, suggests a small study published yesterday in Nature Cardiovascular Research.
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N.L. reports 4 new deaths due to COVID-19 in monthly update
364 people in the province have died since the beginning of the pandemic.
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Some hospitals are bringing back masking – and the general public should consider it this fall too, experts say
As sniffling season falls upon us amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases across the country, should we be bringing masking back in health-care settings and reaching for them more often in our daily lives?
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Pfizer’s updated COVID vaccine approved by Health Canada
Pfizer’s updated COVID-19 vaccine for the upcoming fall and winter months has been granted Health Canada approval.
Pfizer’s updated vaccine is approved for people six months and older.
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Mandatory masking rules reinstated at hospitals in Kingston, Ont.
Patients, staff and visitors must now wear a mask in all public facing areas of Kingston General Hospital and Hotel Dieu Hospital in Kingston, Ont.
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Niagara Health reinstating mask mandate for staff starting Monday
All staff at hospitals in the Niagara region will be required to wear a mask starting Monday.
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Retour du port du masque obligatoire dans cinq hôpitaux de Québec
The rise in cases of COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses has prompted the CHU de Québec-Université Laval (CHU) to tighten rules regarding the wearing of masks at its five hospitals.
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