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Canada is scaling back its COVID-19 vaccination efforts because of a looming shortage of shots, with some provinces ordering a halt to nearly all first-dose appointments outside of the country’s hard-hit seniors’ facilities.
Provincial governments, hospital executives and local public-health officials spent the weekend scrambling to ration doses after vaccine-maker Pfizer-BioNTech announced on Friday that it would halve shipments to Canada in late January and the first three weeks of February while the company expands a manufacturing plant in Belgium.
Kitchener girl picks her aunt, a nurse, for school hero project
When five-year-old Tatum McCall was asked to do a school project on a community hero, she knew instantly who she would profile: her aunt Sam Mason, a nurse at Grand River Hospital.
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When five-year-old Tatum McCall was asked to do a school project on a community hero, she knew instantly who she would profile: her aunt Sam Mason, a nurse at Grand River Hospital. Because she saves people from COVID ⦠she takes care of everybody, McCall excitedly shared with CBC News.
There are 20 outbreaks in long-term care or retirement homes.
There have been two deaths linked to the outbreak at Chartwell Westmount long-term care. A total of 47 residents and 27 staff have tested positive for COVID-19.
The outbreak at Chartwell Elmira Retirement Residence continues to grow with 37 cases in residents and 13 in staff.
There are outbreaks at two child care centres with two cases each.
An outbreak at Conestoga Meats rose to 99 cases.
Other outbreaks include:
One at an independent living centre with one case.
Eight at congregate settings: One with 19 cases, one with 14 cases, one with eight cases, three with one case and two with three cases.