Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says those vaccinations have already begun and people over age 70 in the community will be getting invitations in the coming weeks for a second booster shot.
The harsh reality is that our modern world is not robust enough to survive instability. Our modern comforts and lifestyles have made it such that we are reliant on those comforts for our very survival.
Pharmacists in Quebec can now prescribe Paxlovid. The province, which is in its sixth wave of the pandemic, hopes the change will increase access to high-risk patients.
Dr. Soreya Dhanji started using PrescribeIT, Canada Health Infoway’s e-prescribing tool, when the pandemic began and finds when pharmacists have questions it is so much easier having the questions come right into her EMR.
Ford says these funding commitments are part of his government's plan to invest more than $30 billion over the next 10 years to improve the province's healthcare infrastructure.