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In a new report issued today, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) is now strongly recommending all Canadians over the age of 50 and other vulnerable groups, such as health-care workers, Indigenous people and those living in congregate care settings, get a third dose of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.
Children in Ottawa were tested for COVID-19 almost 20,000 times last month, more than three times the number tested in November 2020.
For 25-year-old Eden Janzen, the resumption of Saskatchewan’s organ donation program is bittersweet, as the Regina woman says her hope of getting a kidney transplant is becoming more distant.
A survey on primary care done by the New Brunswick Health Council found a gradual decrease in residents’ ability to get an appointment with their family doctor within five days. Only 51 per cent of New Brunswickers surveyed were able to, down from 56 per cent in 2011.
Canada has funded several initiatives designed to achieve global vaccine equity throughout the pandemic. But some doctors and a human rights advocate told CBC the Canadian government could do more.