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- 12/16/2021
Yukon to focus on measures to reduce spread of transmissible Omicron variant: premier
Premier Silver told the media Wednesday there are no cases of Omicron currently in Yukon and the two people who had it earlier this month have recovered. - 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. - 12/15/2021
Ontarians scramble to get free rapid antigen tests in provincial holiday test blitz
The mad dash of people flocking to pop-up locations in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area was reminiscent of the early-pandemic hunt for toilet paper. - 12/15/2021
Why a Shoppers pharmacist quit over the issue of symptomatic COVID-19 testing
The pharmacist was especially concerned about using the same area for COVID-19 vaccines as administering tests. - 12/15/2021
Vaccine Readiness Revisited: What Went Well
In December 2020, the Neighbourhood Pharmacy Association of Canada (Neighbourhood Pharmacies) collaborated with the Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA) on a COVID-19 Vaccine and Pharmacy Readiness Report (“Vaccine Readiness”) outlining the case for the community pharmacy channel to be a key component of COVID-19 vaccine administration across the country, alongside other healthcare providers. - 12/15/2021
Ontario's science table says contacts must be cut in half to avoid 10K cases per day before Christmas
The province is reporting 2,421 new cases today—its highest since mid-May. - 12/15/2021
Can health education and promotion be part of schools’ curriculum?
During the pandemic many patients stopped coming to clinics for one-day coughs and simple cases that probably didn’t need a doctor. How should we think about those cases going forward, Dr. Jabir Jassam wonders. - 12/15/2021
Nova Scotia spending $1.3 million to expand virtual-care platform to entire province after successful pilot
The free program is delivered through Maple—a Canadian virtual-care platform—with primary care providers from the province.