TORONTO Now that over half of Torontonians 18 and older have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, a new urgency lingers the second dose. Vaccine recipients across the country are recommended a second dose within four months of their first, in accordance with the National Advisory Committee on Immunization’s recommendations. But the affirmation of a date and location for a second appointment depends on where you received your first dose. The provincial booking system used for city-run immunization clinics prompts users to book both doses at the same time, a Toronto Public Health spokesperson told CTV News Toronto. They said those who received their first vaccine at a hospital immunization clinic or pharmacy and did not receive a second dose appointment, should contact the respective institution.
According to the Ontario government's COVID-19 update Saturday morning, the province marked a vaccine milestone on Friday as now more than six million people have been inoculated.
When hospitals become home: Children put up in wards when both parents have COVID The unusual scenario underscores how spread within households amid stay-at-home orders is playing a key role in fuelling the pandemic. With a heavy impact on certain families
Author of the article: Tom Blackwell
Publishing date: May 04, 2021 • 8 hours ago • 3 minute read • A spokesperson from the Toronto Children’s Aid Society is urging parents to have a list of alternative caregivers for their children in case both parents end up in hospital for treatment for COVID-19. Photo by Peter J. Thompson/National Post
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As COVID-19 continues to surge across Canada, the virus has left some children in a surprising and “really difficult” predicament.
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A noose and other ropes were found last week at the construction site of an Amazon fulfillment center in Windsor, Connecticut, adding to a wave of racist incidents at commercial jobsites across North America reported in the last year.
A site supervisor reported the discovery of a hangman s noose suspended from a steel beam on the second floor of the Amazon site April 27, according to a news release from the Windsor Police Department emailed to Construction Dive. On April 29, five additional ropes that could be construed as nooses were found at various locations around the jobsite, which police collected as evidence.