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- 12/16/2021
Capacity limits return at Ontario restaurants, retailers as Omicron surges
The province is also limiting outdoor gatherings to 25, and prohibiting food and drink consumption at sports arenas, cinemas and other large venues. - 12/16/2021
Experts call for N95s to become new masking standard to curb Omicron spread
Virginia Tech engineering professor Linsey Marr, who studies viruses in the air, says respirators offer far more protection than a surgical mask, both to the wearer and others around them. - 12/16/2021
N.L. reports 46 new cases of COVID 19, introduces new restrictions to fight Omicron
Finance Minister Siobhan Coady says today is the deadline for public service workers to be fully vaccinated, adding that 99.4% of employees have complied. - 12/16/2021
Nova Scotia reports record 394 COVID cases, as Halifax hospital delays some surgeries
A hospital in Halifax is postponing some non-urgent surgeries because staff members are isolating after being exposed to COVID-19. - 12/16/2021
Alberta justice dismisses doctors' requests to be exempt from vaccine policy
An Alberta judge has dismissed an application by four doctors who wanted to be exempt from an Alberta Health Services requirement that all healthcare workers be vaccinated against COVID-19. - 12/16/2021
Food for thought on retirement for doctors
You need a plan. The “sugar rush of retirement”—the roughly six-month period of euphoria newly-retired people feel from their unstructured lives free of obligations—wears off and then what will you do? - 12/16/2021
Canada reinstates molecular test for all travellers, lifts ban on African countries
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said that requirement will return as of Tuesday, which is only about a month since Canada waived the need for a test for those taking short cross-border trips. - 12/16/2021
Call me maybe? Why doctors who trained in N.L. want to work there, but don't
Doctors who trained in Newfoundland and Labrador are like high school graduates waiting by the phone for someone to ask them to the prom. - 12/16/2021
My doctor said 'I have to get waxed' South African PSA has Canadians giggling
The video is a public service announcement from South Africa, featuring a man who misunderstands instructions from his doctor on how to ensure a long and happy life. - 12/16/2021
Aversion to rapid antigen home kits by B.C. is a pandemic failure
When a surgeon decided to delay a patient’s scheduled (non-urgent) operation recently because she had a cough and no one could get a straight answer about her vaccinations status, she became belligerent, threatening to complain to the government that she was being refused healthcare. - 12/16/2021
U.S. regulators lift in-person restrictions on abortion pill
Prescribers will still need to undergo certification and training. - 12/16/2021
Quebec orders shops, bars, restaurants, churches to operate at 50% capacity
COVID-19 vaccination is no longer enough to prevent Quebec's health system from becoming overwhelmed, and Quebecers must reduce their contacts by half, Premier Francois Legault said Thursday.