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COVID-19 public health emergency in B.C. declared over
British Columbia's top doctor says she is ending the public health emergency declared in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says after four years of mask mandates, gathering restrictions, vaccinations and hospitalizations, any remaining restrictions, including the vaccination requirement for health-care workers, are being rescinded. Henry says that after reviewing all the data, she is confident the province has reached the point where there
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Sask. pauses COVID-19 vaccines for people outside high-risk groups until fall boosters arrive
Saskatchewan is pausing its COVID-19 booster program for the general public until the fall, when an updated booster is expected to be available. This means the province is no longer offering COVID-19 vaccinations at pop-up clinics or pharmacies."The new fall vaccines are anticipated to be more closely related to circulating strains. An end date of June 30 for the 2024 spring COVID-19 immunization program was necessary to allow for the minimum three-month interval between doses," a spokesperson f
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Quebec renews COVID-19 vaccination recommendations for fall amid uptick in cases
With COVID-19 cases on the rise, Quebec's immunization committee has released its recommendations on administering vaccines this fall.In a report published Monday, the committee recommends that the same groups as it did last year get a booster dose. They include: People aged 60 and over.People living in long-term care homes.People who are immunocompromised, undergo dialysis or live with a chronic illness.Pregnant people.Health-care workers.Adults living in isolated areas.Quebec had 790 positive
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Nunavut tourism industry starting to rebound after COVID-19 pandemic shut it down
Tourist visits in Nunavut have started to rebound since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.Figures provided by Parks Canada show that in one park alone, visitation in 2023-24 is at 77 per cent of where it was in the last season before the onset of the pandemic."Last year, we had 253 visitors," said Leanna Ellsworth, manager of Auyuittuq National Park. "Annually, we do get up to 300 visitors."Ellsworth says of all five national parks in Nunavut, Auyuittuq is the most popular one.But it's not just n
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What is the COVID inquiry and who does the report blame for failings?
UK 'prepared for the wrong pandemic', COVID inquiry finds.
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The Tories partied while my dad died during COVID. I'm glad they've been voted out
Lynda Wardley believes the Conservatives' handling of COVID – and the Partygate scandal in particular – contributed to their heavy election defeat.
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What you need to do if you get COVID this summer
Experts are warning we are in the midst of a summer COVID wave as infections are on the rise.
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COVID-19 experts warn of risks of summer surge as N.B. hazard index leads country
Two infectious disease experts are warning New Brunswickers about the risks of COVID-19 heading into the summer, when they say many people mistakenly believe infections decrease.New Brunswick has the highest COVID-19 risk index in the country right now — more than double the national average, according to Tara Moriarty, an infectious disease researcher and lead of COVID-19 Resources Canada, which produces a weekly forecast.The province is listed as "severe" for June 22 to July 5, with a score of
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Retiree calls out Sask. gov't for not communicating changes to accessing COVID-19 drug Paxlovid
A 63-year-old Saskatoon man says he has lost faith in the Saskatchewan government's health-care system, and he may move provinces because of it.A big issue, he says, is that the province does not properly communicate new health-care information with the public. When Greg Pletz contracted COVID-19 in mid-May, he called the Saskatchewan 811 HealthLine and was told to contact his general practitioner for a prescription forPaxlovid, Pfizer's antiviral drug.But that process proved to be far more diff
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IRS sues Ohio doctor whose views on COVID-19 vaccinations drew complaints
CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio doctor who drew national attention when she claimed COVID-19 vaccines made people magnetic is being sued by the federal government over claims she hasn't paid nearly $650,000 in federal taxes and late fees. The lawsuit, filed last month in federal court in Cleveland, claims Sherri Tenpenny didn't pay taxes in 2001, 2012 and 2013. Tenpenny, an osteopathic doctor, has been licensed in Ohio since 1984. She told Cleveland.com that she's tried to settle the dispute with the s