Premier Doug Ford overrode the advice of his government’s medical experts in opening up COVID-19 testing to all Ontarians in the spring, a decision that overwhelmed the province’s antiquated lab system...
Doug Ford overrode Ontario’s top doctor on COVID-19 tests, overwhelming system
Premier Doug Ford overrode the advice of his government’s medical experts in opening up COVID-19 testing to all Ontarians in the spring, a decision that overwhelmed the province’s antiquated lab system and led to critical backlogs in the long-term care sector.
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COVID-19 news for March 1
Ontario is reporting 1,023 new cases of COVID-19 today and six more deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 280 new cases in Toronto, 182 in Peel Region and 72 in Ontario...
Quebec’s mass vaccination campaign gets under way in earnest in the Montreal area today as the province begins inoculating members of the general public. The province announced last week that it was booking...
Less than a year after COVID-19 first reached its shores, Canada began vaccinating people against the virus that causes it. The federal government, provinces and First Nations have a difficult task ahead...
Note: On July 17, Quebec public health authorities changed the method used to calculate recoveries causing a signifcant drop in the number of Canada's active cases. Cases over the last 7 days and week-to-week...
The federal government hopes to start receiving doses of AstraZeneca’s recently approved COVID-19 vaccine this week as the flood of shots that flowed into Canada from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna last partially...
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