Follow-up legislation poised for the governor’s desk addresses the law enforcement community’s concerns about a sweeping overhaul of the state’s criminal jus
(The Center Square) – Follow-up legislation poised for the governor’s desk addresses the law enforcement community’s concerns about a sweeping overhaul of the state’s criminal justice system and police regulations. But the last-minute .
Quebec blood study finds about 600,000 caught COVID-19 by March, doubling official toll
A new study from Héma-Québec reveals that approximately 600,000 Quebec adults had been infected with the coronavirus by the end of the second wave in March, a number twice as high as the official toll of reported cases.
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Posted: May 27, 2021 6:13 PM ET | Last Updated: May 27
Héma-Québec examined 7,924 samples from people aged 18 years or older who made a blood donation between Jan. 25 and March 11.(Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press)
TORONTO The latest attempt to draw conclusions about the spread of COVID-19 in Canada by analyzing blood donations suggests that racialized populations, young adults and residents of lower-income neighbourhoods are among the hardest-hit by the disease. The federal government s COVID-19 Immunity Task Force (CITF) has been monitoring the presence of COVID-19 antibodies in blood donated to Canadian Blood Services and Héma-Québec since early in the pandemic, in an attempt to find clues as to how far the novel coronavirus has spread across the country. Their latest findings, released Thursday, show that the pandemic is affecting racialized Canadians twice as much as self-declared Caucasian Canadians, the task force said in a press release.