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- 7/14/2020
PPE and beyond: Ideas in pictures
- 7/14/2020
Anti-maskers print off 'exemption cards' in Toronto to annoyance of healthcare workers
A week after anti-mask groups rode public transit without face coverings to protest new city bylaws requiring them, the CBC those same groups are making "exemption cards" that claim they are medically exempt from wearing face coverings. The Canadian Red Cross told CBC Toronto said the cards contain a version of the organization's emblem that is being used without permission. - 7/14/2020
Pharmacist who diluted prescriptions to boost profits to be released early from prison because of COVID-19
Robert Courtney, 67, was set to be released from his 30-year sentence in 2027 - 7/13/2020
How well do you know NIHB coverage?
- 7/13/2020
Healthcare workers plan escalating action to oppose Ontario's emergency order extension
The union's primary concern is that province's emergency order suspends collective bargaining - 7/13/2020
Ontario launches long-term care pilot project to help end hallway healthcare
The Ontario government announced it is launching a pilot project with North York General Hospital that would give alternate level of care (ALC) hospital patients direct priority access to a long-term care bed to help reduce waitlists and end hallway health care. - 7/13/2020
Using PPIs may increase risk of contracting COVID-19: study
Previous research has demonstrated that a low level of gastric acid alters the infectivity of SARS-CoV-1—that also appears to be the case for SARS-CoV-2 - 7/13/2020
Review article consolidates key information about COVID-19
Summarizes pathophysiology, transmission, diagnosis and treatment, with an accompanying patient information page - 7/12/2020
Quebec makes masks mandatory in public indoor spaces starting July 18
Premier Francois Legault has announced mask-wearing will be mandatory in all indoor public places across Quebec starting Saturday, July 18—just in time for the province's annual construction holiday. - 7/12/2020
Federal wage subsidy to be extended to December, Trudeau says
The federal government is extending its program to subsidize wages in companies hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic until December, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday. The program is the heart of the government's promise to help Canadians get back to work, even if has to be at a slower pace, as the pandemic wanes.