Canada - Coronavirus COVID-19 #2

[Tadpole12]

Ontario's top doctor expresses hope that cases may be plateauing following dip in province's seven-day average

"3,682 new cases"

"Ontario’s rolling seven-day average now stands at 4,176, down from 4,208 at this point last week."

 

[Sundog]

'In a way, we triage people all the time': The reality of COVID inside an ICU - Macleans.ca

Interview with intensive care unit doctor in Edmonton, Alberta.

 

[deugirtni]

Pregnant women of any age in Ontario are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

The province says the change is in light of new information showing women who are pregnant are at high risk of severe illness.

Pregnant women in Ontario now eligible for COVID-19 vaccines | Toronto Sun

 

[LadyL]

Trudeau, wife Sophie receive 1st dose of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine

 

[LadyL]

NACI recommends AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine be offered to Canadians 30+

 

[Tadpole12]

Ontario reports 4,505 new COVID-19 cases, 34 deaths

 

[LadyL]

Ontario confirms 36 cases of COVID-19 variant first identified in India

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toro...d0WPddEMzTFX4GyuV2rD0lpZwlvhjogAtdYELvcqIR-bc

 

[LadyL]

P.E.I. further tightens restrictions for travel within Atlantic Canada

"This is a critical time and we need to take steps to further tighten our borders and restrict travel to the province."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prin...RFYCQL6Mouac1cBXG-YOQsW4ykmJ5uRsn40pclIe7mnZY

 

[LadyL]

North Dakota offers free Covid-19 vaccinations for Canadian truckers

 

[LadyL]

hospitals are overwhelmed

Regina man’s brain tumour surgery delayed as ICU beds fill up

 

[LadyL]

'Significant number' of young people are dying at home with COVID-19: Ontario coroner

 

[LadyL]

To date, Anand said Canada has already procured 2.7 billion items of PPE, 1.5 billion of which have already been delivered.

“Every hospital is running out (of oxygen). We are running out,” Dr. Sudhanshu Bankata, executive director of Batra Hospital, a leading hospital in India's capital city, told New Delhi Television channel.

When asked what happens when a hospital issues an SOS call, he replied: "Nothing. It's over. It's over."

The situation is so dire, a high court in Delhi even warned it would “hang” anyone who tries to obstruct the delivery of emergency oxygen supplies.

As COVID-19 cases explode in India, Canada ready to help with medical supplies: Anand

 

[LadyL]

Vancouver exploring legal action against health order-defying restaurant: Mayor

 

[Tadpole12]

Ontario reports 4,094 new COVID-19 cases and 24 more deaths; 7-day rolling average continues to decline

Ontario should refocus COVID-19 vaccinations on essential workers and hot spots, science table says

 

[LadyL]

‘I couldn’t take it anymore’: Why some medical staff are calling it quits amid COVID-19

 

[LadyL]

‘This situation is urgent.’ Why pregnant women are flooding Canadian ICUs

 

[LadyL]

Ontario's long-term care ministry makes moves to ease mounting strain on hospitals

 

[KALI]

Any Canadians here who can state why this is happening?
Is there a lack of vaccines?
Are they not being distributed?
My 87 year old dad in Calgary, got his first jab 3 weeks ago.
I am hoping to hear from Canadians on the ground.
Why are the number of infected increasing?

Ontario reports 4,505 new COVID-19 cases, 34 deaths

 

[deugirtni]

Any Canadians here who can state why this is happening?
Is there a lack of vaccines?
Are they not being distributed?
My 87 year old dad in Calgary, got his first jab 3 weeks ago.
I am hoping to hear from Canadians on the ground.
Why are the number of infected increasing?

Definitely a lack of vaccines. People started lining up at 5:45am for a pop-up vax clinic which opened at 8;30 or 9am yesterday. They say people can book appointments for the AstraZeneca vax for over 40 years old, but appointments were gone within first hours.. and then some of those were subsequently cancelled so that higher risk areas could have them instead.. there are not enough to go around. As well, the mutants seem to be much more transmissible. And to me, it seems Canada's borders have not been secured well enough. imo.

 

[LadyL]

1st known case of rare blood clot linked to AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine confirmed in Ontario