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Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has sided with a group rallying in support behind a prominent epidemiologist serving on Ontario’s COVID-19 advisory panel, after the premier’s office said his affiliations with a teachers’ union is “deeply concerning.”
The latest events between Dr. David Fisman, a University of Toronto professor and epidemiologist, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s office represent yet another rift between the medical community and the government, which has been criticized for its handling of the pandemic.
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Workplaces were source of 25% of Manitoba s COVID-19 community-linked cases last fall
Manitoba saw hundreds of COVID-19 cases in workplaces and stores after the province ordered most businesses shut and barred private gatherings last November, according to government data obtained through a freedom-of-information request.
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Correctional Service Canada said in the statement it would start inoculating 600 elderly and medically vulnerable inmates, followed by more when additional vaccine becomes available. Reuters pic
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TORONTO, Jan 7 ― Canada will start inoculating its federal prison inmates against Covid-19 starting tomorrow, protecting a vulnerable population that many jurisdictions have struggled to keep safe during the pandemic, a government statement said yesterday.
Correctional Service Canada said in the statement it would start with 600 elderly and medically vulnerable inmates, followed by more when additional vaccine becomes available.
Canada will start inoculating its federal prison inmates against COVID-19 starting Friday, protecting a vulnerable population that many jurisdictions have struggled to keep safe during the pandemic, a government statement said on Wednesday.
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FILE PHOTO: Canada s Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair takes part in a news conference about the dispute between commercial and Mi kmaw lobster fishers in Nova Scotia, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada October 19, 2020. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo
TORONTO/OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada will start inoculating its federal prison inmates against COVID-19 starting Friday, protecting a vulnerable population that many jurisdictions have struggled to keep safe during the pandemic, a government statement said on Wednesday.
Correctional Service Canada said in the statement it would start with 600 elderly and medically vulnerable inmates, followed by more when additional vaccine becomes available.