COVID-19

Previously, shots had only been free for certain high-risk groups and for healthcare workers.

New guidance still urges no screens at all for kids younger than age two, except to video-chat with others, such as grandparents.

Manitoba has the third-lowest rate of doctors in the country, said the organization's president Dr. Candace Bradshaw, and it's only going to get worse.

Health Minister Adrian Dix says postponing non-urgent surgeries is one way to create room at hospitals for patients, especially children, who are fighting flu and other respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19.

Dr. Sohail Gandhi offers up an open letter to Nadia Surani, director, Primary Health Care Branch of Ontario's MOH.

Some physicians with the health authority say the new tool won't solve longer wait times in hospitals, but it may help people with less urgent needs receive care more quickly.

Lockdowns including in a city where factory workers clashed this week with police.

No screens at all for kids younger than age two, says Canadian Paediatric Society.