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Holding up an iPad in the ICU, this social worker connects isolated COVID-19 patients with loved ones at home
Social worker Scott Graney is there for almost every conversation between critically ill COVID-19 patients and their families, because he s the one holding up the iPad.
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Posted: Dec 15, 2020 1:26 PM ET | Last Updated: December 15, 2020
Scott Graney is a social worker at St. Joseph s Health Centre of Unity Health Toronto.(Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press, Submitted by Scott Graney)
Alberta reported a record 1,887 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday and another 15 deaths.
Social Sharing It will be some time before we are able to immunize the general population, Dr. Deena Hinshaw says
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Posted: Dec 14, 2020 9:38 AM MT | Last Updated: December 15, 2020
Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro said Monday the province will give 29,000 health-care workers their first doses of the Pfizer vaccine by the end of December. (CBC)
Author of the article: Anna Junker
Publishing date: Dec 14, 2020 • December 14, 2020 • 3 minute read • Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta s Chief Medical Officer of Health, speaks during a provincial COVID-19 update at the Federal Building at the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton, on Friday, March 27, 2020. Photo by Ian Kucerak/Postmedia Photo by Ian Kucerak /Postmedia
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Twenty-nine thousand health-care workers in Alberta are set to receive doses of the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of December, the province’s health minister announced Monday.
Tyler Shandro said the first 3,900 doses of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine will be received on Tuesday and another 25,350 doses will be received next week.
Alberta reported a record 1,887 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday and another 15 deaths.
Social Sharing It will be some time before we are able to immunize the general population, Dr. Deena Hinshaw says
CBC News ·
Posted: Dec 14, 2020 9:38 AM MT | Last Updated: December 15, 2020
Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro said Monday the province will give 29,000 health-care workers their first doses of the Pfizer vaccine by the end of December. (CBC)