Pharmacists making and selling own hand sanitizerAs demand rises in wake of COVID-19 pandemic, Newfoundland and Ontario pharmacies filling the gap Provinces roll out phone and video fee codes during COVID-19 crisis Concern about Canadian supplies amid global shortage of PPE Provinces report adequate supplies but community clinics say PPE is scarce Toronto pharmacy professor working on COVID-19 'lab in a box' The project received $1 million from the federal government as part of the $27 million earmarked for coronavirus research 280 of Quebec's specialist physicians in isolation Premier François Legault imposed mandatory 14-day isolation for all health personnel who've returned from abroad on or after March 12 Alberta's chief medical health officer in self-isolation, gets coronavirus test Dr. Deena Hinshaw is currently experiencing mild symptoms consistent with the common cold Ontario severely restricts visitors to long-term care homes Until now, the province had merely recommended that visitors to long-term care homes be screened for symptoms and risk factors for COVID-19, such as recent international travel Trudeau says border closures, mandatory screening up for discussion The Liberal government continues to face pressure to close Canada off as well from the outside world. Our window to flatten the COVID 19 curve is narrow, says Dr. Theresa Tam Canadians returning from trips abroad should immediately go into self-isolation for 14 days rather than simply self-monitoring Hundreds show up to Ottawa COVID-19 assessment centre, but few actually tested The volume of calls to Ottawa's COVID-19 help line have been doubling by the day and non-nursing staff have had to be called in to help. First Previous 966 967 968 969 970 Next Last