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It’s the most fearful rhetoric about new variants that Canadians have been exposed to yet. Is it true? Are her remarks justified?
Time will tell, but those who study the big picture of how COVID-19 is playing out around the world were left scratching their heads at what she said.
“What I see so far is that the U.K. variant replaces COVID classic, but it doesn’t add to it,” says Dr. Neil Rau, an infectious diseases specialist based out of Halton Healthcare Services. “So the overall trajectory is still favourable.” Rau points to both the U.K. and Denmark, which continue to see a rapid decline in cases.
TORONTO For hundreds of COVID-19 patients in some of Ontarioâs hardest hit regions, hospitals from other cities have been a saving grace. Without centres like the Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, more than 500 coronavirus patients in Ontario may not have received the timely care they needed. These patients are aided by the provinceâs new IMS Transfer, or COVID-19 Incident Management System, which keeps an eye on patient numbers across hospitals and shifts them as necessary. It sends those in need of medical care from hospitals overwhelmed by a surge of coronavirus patients in their own region to hospitals elsewhere that have the space.
COVID-19 vaccines coming to Oshawa
Posted on December 22, 2020 by oshawaexpress in COVID-19, HEALTH, NEWS
Lakeridge Health is on the list to receive some doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
Ontario is expecting to receive up to 90,000 Pfizer-BioNTech doses from the federal government before the end of the year to continue vaccinating health care workers and essential caregivers working in hospitals, long-term care homes, retirement homes and other congregate settings caring for seniors.
The province will be distributing additional doses of the vaccine to 17 more hospital sites, including regions with the highest rates of COVID-19 infection.
“Following a successful pilot, we are excited to continue onto the next stage of our rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines to Ontarians,” says Deputy Premier and Minister of Health Christine Elliott. “While we are planning to ensure that everyone who wants a vaccine will receive one, we need to first protect our frontline workers and those p