Some organizers of the convoy protest in Ottawa, which began as opposition to mandatory vaccination for cross-border truckers, said Wednesday they plan to remain "for as long as it takes." Meanwhile, officials are calling for cooler heads to prevail after police said an assault occurred at a trucker blockade at the Canada-U.S. border in southern Alberta.
Intensive care unit staff are working on the brink of collapse, and it's forcing hospitals to take a hard look at how to cope with this COVID-19 wave - and any other that may be still to come.
Community groups and public health workers are urging the government to look at their past success at using a more personalized approach, including sending teams door to door to make the case for vaccination against COVID-19.
Paxlovid, Pfizer's oral treatment for COVID-19, became available to eligible patients in Alberta for the first time on Monday. The province has an initial stockpile of 3,200 sets of pills.
The World Health Organization chief said Tuesday that 90 million cases of coronavirus have been reported since the Omicron variant was first identified 10 weeks ago — amounting to more cases than in all of 2020.
Advocates say they're watching closely because there's a risk. When people grow frail or ill outside of a care facility, the burden of care can fall heavy on family.
The number of people in hospital with COVID-19 hit pandemic highs in two Prairie provinces and British Columbia, according to health data released Monday, while hospitalizations in Ontario and Quebec declined slightly.
