Ontarians should expect details very soon on how they will be able to register to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, Health Minister Christine Elliott says.
During the question period at Queen's...
Ontario is extending child care benefits for frontline workers in the province’s three regions where remote learning continues.
Emergency child care for frontline workers in Toronto, Peel, and York Region...
Health Canada has authorized a label change to Pfizer–BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine that will allow six doses of the precious drug to be extracted per vial.
Up until now, Canada has...
The Public Health Agency of Canada says Ottawa plans to distribute more than 70,000 Pfizer-BiotNTech vaccine doses this week ahead of a major ramp-up, but no Moderna doses are on the schedule.
Canada’s hopes of speeding up COVID-19 vaccinations brightened slightly over the weekend as regulators began work to approve a new inoculation, even as the federal government sought to head off any restrictions on...
In a statement issued on Wednesday, Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam addressed concerns raised over recent weeks by health-care practitioners about the potential for extremely infectious variants of the virus that...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today announced that the COVID-19 vaccine candidate from Massachusetts-based Moderna will be available in Canada later this month when it secures the necessary regulatory approvals.
Health...
The government is watching “a number of threat indicators” as coronavirus vaccine doses arrive in Canada and travel into different communities, according to the man who is leading the charge on Canada’s vaccine...
According to a Bloomberg survey among economists, an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Canada will only delay the country's recovery and is unlikely to have a lasting effect on its...
Following the news that the United Kingdom has approved a COVID-19 vaccine for use, questions are emerging about what the new approvals may mean for other countries looking to secure a vaccine candidate...
Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu said Johnson & Johnson had submitted the COVID-19 vaccine candidate to Health Canada for approval.
It is the fourth potential vaccine submitted for evaluation in...
Statistics Canada Statcan said that the number of business closings decreased slightly in August due to the easing of COVID-19 restrictions.
The agency said 34,126 businesses closed in August, down...
From the very first days since the pandemic started, scientists have found that children seemed to be somewhat less likely to develop COVID-19, although the causes are still unclear.
Now,...
An initial study suggests that immunity to COVID-19 can last for at least 6 months - and possibly longer, potentially even a few years, when all components of the body’s immune memory are...
According to the latest information from Pfizer, the preliminary COVID-19 vaccine data suggests the vaccine may be 90 percent effective in preventing COVID-19. The company is on track by the end of this...
The new rules require positive rates above 10% before applying the red limit.
One day after the province released its new colour-coded COVID-19 guidelines, doctors and other public health experts...
