Toronto pharmacy professor working on COVID-19 'lab in a box'The project received $1 million from the federal government as part of the $27 million earmarked for coronavirus research Provinces roll out phone and video fee codes during COVID-19 crisis Our window to flatten the COVID 19 curve is narrow, says Dr. Theresa Tam Canadians returning from trips abroad should immediately go into self-isolation for 14 days rather than simply self-monitoring Hundreds show up to Ottawa COVID-19 assessment centre, but few actually tested The volume of calls to Ottawa's COVID-19 help line have been doubling by the day and non-nursing staff have had to be called in to help. Ontario severely restricts visitors to long-term care homes Until now, the province had merely recommended that visitors to long-term care homes be screened for symptoms and risk factors for COVID-19, such as recent international travel Trudeau says border closures, mandatory screening up for discussion The Liberal government continues to face pressure to close Canada off as well from the outside world. Ontario launches new billing codes for COVID-19 telephone assessments Doctors in other provinces have called for the same, as public experts have lauded creative new efforts for social distancing in clinical settings Canadians taking big steps in COVID-19 vaccine development Human trials of a vaccine could begin as soon as July or August after being approved by appropriate health agencies Barriers removed to allow practice across jurisdictions during pandemic Accelerated process for licences, CMPA membership Medical conferences cancelled to prevent spread of COVID-19 First Previous 957 958 959 960 961 Next Last
