The Government of Nunavut announced five new cases of COVID-19 in the territory on Thursday.
All of them are in Arviat, the territory’s hardest-hit community, which now counts 68 active cases of the virus.
But the GN also delivered some good news: all the COVID-19 cases in Rankin Inlet have recovered.
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The BC Centre for Disease Control (BC CDC) has revealed a new online dashboard that presents the results of the province’s Your Story, Our Future population health survey from May 2020.
According to the BC CDC, 395,000 British Columbians participated in the survey, making it the largest population health survey...
Nunavut is looking to get the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine once it is available in Canada.
The territory’s chief public health officer, Dr. Michael Patterson, says Moderna’s vaccine is preferred because the Pfizer one requires cold storage and shipping would be too difficult in Nunavut.
On Thursday, Canada’s senior military and public...
The Saskatchewan government is set to unveil its COVID-19 vaccination plan next week, relying in part on the province’s experience delivering the H1N1 vaccine.
On Wednesday, Saskatchewan Health Minister Paul Merriman said the government developed a “very robust” plan more than a decade ago in response to the H1N1 (or...
While the majority of patients who have died from COVID-19 have had at least one comorbidity, or chronic condition, Alberta's top doctor says it doesn't mean that when a compromised individual catches the disease they could die.
Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, said Thursday that Alberta...
New Brunswick is reporting eight new cases of COVID-19 on Friday.
One of the new cases is located in the Moncton region and involves an individual between 30 and 39 years old.
Two cases are located in the Saint John region and one is an individual between the age of 50...
IBM security researchers say they have detected a cyberespionage effort using targeted phishing emails to try to collect vital information on the World Health Organization’s initiative for distributing COVID-19 vaccine to developing countries.
The researchers said they could not be sure who was behind the campaign, which began in September,...
People in Saskatchewan can expect a coronavirus vaccine distribution plan next week, according to Health Minister Paul Merriman.
Merriman said his ministry and Saskatchewan Health Authority have been getting ready to deliver vaccines and a detailed presentation is forthcoming.
“We do not yet have an exact timeline on when we will...
Manitoba is expanding its rapid COVID-19 testing to teachers in Winnipeg.
The rapid testing pilot will begin in January to coincide with the post-holiday return to school, Premier Brian Pallister announced on Thursday.
Those tests will be part of a broader expansion of rapid testing throughout the province, he said.
The...
The United Kingdom became the first country Wednesday to formally approve the Pfizer and BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, a symbolic milestone in the fight against the pandemic.
The first inoculations are set to be rolled out next week, the government said. The initial batch of 800,000 will cover a relatively small...
