FILE PHOTO: Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau watches the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine being extracted while he visits a vaccination clinic at the Palais des Congres, as efforts continue to help slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Montreal, Quebec,…
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Businesses fret as Canada extends ban on travel with U.S., Trudeau stands firm
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada is extending a ban on non-essential travel with the United States and the rest of the world until July 21, officials said on Friday, prompting frustration from businesses worried about the economic damage. Canada’s Liberal government…
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Canada: Pfizer, Moderna preferred 2nd dose after AstraZeneca
Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization said Thursday people who got the AstraZeneca vaccine as their first dose should get Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna for their second shot. On June 1, committee had said AstraZeneca recipients “could” get Pfizer or Moderna…
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Ontario Hospitals May Have to Withhold Care as COVID-19 Fills ICUs
TORONTO (Reuters) – Doctors in the Canadian province of Ontario may soon have to decide who can and cannot receive treatment in intensive care as the number of coronavirus infections sets records and patients are packed into hospitals still stretched…
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Canada Is Facing ‘Very Serious’ Third Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic: PM Trudeau
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s hospitalizations are surging, intensive care beds are filling up and COVID-19 variants are spreading as a third wave of the pandemic sweeps across much of the country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday. “Around the…
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New COVID-19 cases in Ontario will double without stay home order: expert panel
FILE PHOTO: A man walks with a face mask on the one-year anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring coronavirus disease (COVID-19) a pandemic in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 11, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos OsorioTORONTO (Reuters) – New cases of COVID-19 in…
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Shorter Course of Antibiotics Effective for Kids With Community-Acquired Pneumonia
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A five-day course high-dose amoxicillin works as well as a standard care 10 day course for previously healthy children with community-acquired pneumonia who do not require hospital admission, according to results of the SAFER trial….
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Canada vaccine committee advises against use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 shots for 65 years and above
Slideshow ( 2 images )TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization released new guidelines on Monday that advise against vaccinating people who are 65 years and older with AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, citing lack of information about efficacy in…
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Canada approves AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shot, 500,000 doses to arrive next week
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada on Friday approved AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, including the version produced by the Serum Institute of India, and 500,000 doses are due to arrive next week. The vaccine is the third to be approved by Health Canada…
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Canada extends ban on international travelers
Canada on Wednesday extended a ban on non-essential international entries until the end of October as the country was gripped by a surge in coronavirus cases. The extension comes amid a second wave of infections caused in part by the…
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