Quebec is now witnessing \u2014 as is the case across North America \u2014 an uptick in COVID-19 hospitalizations, reinforcing the notion that SARS-CoV-2 is still not yet a fully seasonal virus and sending vaccine manufacturers racing to develop COVID shots for this fall that will guard against the latest sub-variants.<\/p>\n
The province reported a total of 671 hospitalizations with and for COVID-19 as of July 5. That\u2019s up from a low of 400 such hospitalizations on April 20 in Quebec. The number of patients in emergency rooms testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 is also rising, according to the Institut national de sant\u00e9 publique du Qu\u00e9bec (INSPQ).<\/p>\n
More and more Quebecers are testing positive for COVID-19, with the percentage rising to 12.9 per cent as of June 30, according to the INSPQ. That this is occurring during summer suggests that SARS-CoV-2 is still far from a seasonal virus like the flu, a view supported by doctors and experts in the field.<\/p>\n
\u201cCOVID is not over,\u201d Dr. Susan Kuo, a British Columbia family physician, told the CBC on Friday. \u201cThis is the summer. It\u2019s July. It\u2019s not usually a time that we\u2019re seeing so many people that are sick. What this tells us is that COVID is not a seasonal virus.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Quebec is now witnessing \u2014 as is the case across North America \u2014 an uptick in COVID-19 hospitalizations, reinforcing the notion that SARS-CoV-2 is still not yet a fully seasonal virus and sending vaccine manufacturers racing to develop COVID shots for this fall that will guard against the latest sub-variants.<\/p>\n
The province reported a total of 671 hospitalizations with and for COVID-19 as of July 5. That\u2019s up from a low of 400 such hospitalizations on April 20 in Quebec. The number of patients in emergency rooms testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 is also rising, according to the Institut national de sant\u00e9 publique du Qu\u00e9bec (INSPQ).<\/p>\n
More and more Quebecers are testing positive for COVID-19, with the percentage rising to 12.9 per cent as of June 30, according to the INSPQ. That this is occurring during summer suggests that SARS-CoV-2 is still far from a seasonal virus like the flu, a view supported by doctors and experts in the field.<\/p>\n
\u201cCOVID is not over,\u201d Dr. Susan Kuo, a British Columbia family physician, told the CBC on Friday. \u201cThis is the summer. It\u2019s July. It\u2019s not usually a time that we\u2019re seeing so many people that are sick. What this tells us is that COVID is not a seasonal virus.\u201d<\/p>\n