COVID-19

The stringent new requirement comes into effect as Canada reacts to the emergence of the new, highly mutated Omicron variant of COVID-19.

Dr. Mary Fernando says: A little while ago, I was asked by a reporter to speak about the escalating threats against doctors on Twitter.

Health systems lost an average of 118 days of procedure time for hip replacements on the high end of the spectrum, and an average of 46 days for breast cancer surgery on the low end.

It is unclear where or when the variant first emerged, and the Dutch announcement further muddies the timeline.

Numerous experts have long predicted that new variants would emerge in less developed countries if the pace of vaccinating their citizens lags behind richer countries.

Dr. Moore was responding to a question about how Ontario plans to deal with the 350,000-plus residents who have not yet had their first dose of the vaccine.

Perhaps nowhere is the inequality more evident than in Africa, where under 7% of the population is vaccinated.