Tuesday's takeaways: Updates from across Canada on the fight against Omicron In press conference after press conference, the country's public health officials made key calls on restrictions to fight COVID-19. Catch up on what happened where you are. Stay away from pharmacies for rapid tests, PANS urges publicHead of PANS says symptomatic patients are seeking free rapid tests for COVID-19 when they are not actually available, putting pharmacy teams at risk Dentists see pandemic stress in patients with more grinding, cracked, broken teeth Alberta cutting capacity for large venues in half amid other new restrictions announced Tuesday night Premier Jason Kenney says large venues that seat more than 1,000 people, including sports arenas, will be capped at half capacity. Omicron variant prompts additional COVID-19 measures in B.C. Starting at 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, bars, nightclubs, gyms, fitness centres and dance studios will have to close, and all seated events will be reduced to 50% capacity. Ontario investigating rapid COVID test resales for possible fines Government and Consumer Services Minister Ross Romano says 900 "egregious'' complaints about rapid test resales have been referred to police forces. Alberta expands eligibility for COVID 19 booster shots to those 18 and older Omicron sweeps across America, now 73% of new US COVID cases Atlantic Canada tightens measures to slow spread of COVID-19 Omicron variant Moderna: Initial booster data shows good results on Omicron Moderna said lab tests showed the half-dose booster shot increased by 37 times the level of so-called neutralizing antibodies able to fight Omicron. First Previous 173 174 175 176 177 Next Last
