Travelers infected with the new version have turned up in a cascading number of countries over the past few days, and new cases in Portugal and Scotland have raised fears that the variant may already be spreading locally.
The WHO working group on the file says governments should look to develop the convention in tandem with efforts to strengthen existing international health regulations.
Dr. Paula Rochon at Toronto's Women's College Hospital said her research led her to realize the significant lack of information about older adults, especially women.
Leslyn Lewis, in one of her first acts as an MP on Parliament Hill, says she plans on inviting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to a pregnancy centre that risks losing its charity status over opposing abortion.
The class-action lawsuit centres around the fact that between Aug. 24 and Aug. 26 some patients at Kent Pharmacy received COVID-19 vaccines with reused syringes.
Dr. Lisa Dearman, who practices in Wolfville, N.S., was too upset to read the reprimand in its entirety. That's understandable but it's no excuse, said the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia.
The new variant, deemed Omicron, first emerged in South Africa and coincided with a steep rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in that region in recent weeks.
