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- 12/15/2021
Vaccine Readiness Revisited: What Went Well
In December 2020, the Neighbourhood Pharmacy Association of Canada (Neighbourhood Pharmacies) collaborated with the Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA) on a COVID-19 Vaccine and Pharmacy Readiness Report (“Vaccine Readiness”) outlining the case for the community pharmacy channel to be a key component of COVID-19 vaccine administration across the country, alongside other healthcare providers. - 12/15/2021
Ontario's science table says contacts must be cut in half to avoid 10K cases per day before Christmas
The province is reporting 2,421 new cases today—its highest since mid-May. - 12/15/2021
Can health education and promotion be part of schools’ curriculum?
During the pandemic many patients stopped coming to clinics for one-day coughs and simple cases that probably didn’t need a doctor. How should we think about those cases going forward, Dr. Jabir Jassam wonders. - 12/15/2021
Nova Scotia spending $1.3 million to expand virtual-care platform to entire province after successful pilot
The free program is delivered through Maple—a Canadian virtual-care platform—with primary care providers from the province. - 12/15/2021
Saskatchewan expands booster shots to more residents to slow spread of Omicron
Premier Scott Moe says all eligible residents over the age of 18 can get their third dose starting Monday. - 12/15/2021
700 Alberta pharmacies to begin distributing free boxes of rapid tests
The tests will be on a first-come, first-served basis. - 12/15/2021
Ontarians scramble to get free rapid antigen tests in provincial holiday test blitz
The mad dash of people flocking to pop-up locations in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area was reminiscent of the early-pandemic hunt for toilet paper. - 12/14/2021
Blood service recommends Health Canada end gay blood donation ban
Federal ministers, including the prime minister, have said they want to speed up an end to the gay blood ban, and Health Canada is expected to respond to the blood-service recommendation by the spring. - 12/14/2021
'Now is not the time to travel,' Duclos says as Canada warns against trips abroad
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos made the announcement Wednesday, following a Tuesday evening meeting between premiers and the prime minister.