Ste. Justine hospital held the first post-COVID clinic at the beginning of April, with six children, all adolescents, and are treating four additional patients in May. Having lingering respiratory symptoms for at least a month is the main criteria for admission. The longest a patient has suffered so far is six months.
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Ste. Justine hospital held the first post-COVID clinic at the beginning of April, with six children, all adolescents, and are treating four additional patients in May. Having lingering respiratory symptoms for at least a month is the main criteria for admission. The longest a patient has suffered so far is six months.
Quebec is unique in allowing teens 14 and up to decide on their own, confidentially, whether to be vaccinated. But breaking with vaccine-hesitant parents' views can be hard, say the few with experience, and doctors doubt many kids will do so.
Canada is expecting to receive more than two million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines each week through June, and an additional one million doses from Moderna next week.
The finish line is finally in sight for the Montreal researchers running the clinical trials on Medicago’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate. All the Montreal team needs now to proceed with Phase 3 are 50 people to volunteer to get a jab.
The federal government has not extended the April 30 tax deadline for 2020 returns, and accountants say that’s leaving some Canadians in a lurch.
With income tax deadlines approaching, the federal government is warnings that filing late could mean delays of up to two months for anyone hoping to receive any of the various COVID-19 financial relief benefits.
Worker and patient advocates in multiple provinces are calling for permanent paid sick days, arguing that the federal COVID-19 sick leave benefit has too many restrictions for lower-income, precarious and migrant workers.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reminding front-line workers about the availability of a federal sick leave benefit, and is offering premiers more help to speed up their vaccine rollouts as the country faces a third major surge in new cases.
The place of gig workers has become a key issue in ongoing deliberation on how the decades-old employment insurance system will be updated.
Quebec Premier Francois Legault hinted an "imporant" announcement is coming Thursday after meeting with his language minister.
Quebecers will start getting digital proof of vaccination this Thursday. It will take the form of an individual QR code that can be scanned on a cellphone, similar to a boarding pass at the airport. However, it doesn't have any uses yet -- no one will be able to read it for now.
In the wake of Ontario's decision Tuesday to suspend the use of AstraZeneca for first doses, Quebec says it has no plans to make a similar move. It's somewhat of a moot point, with Quebec almost out of AstraZeneca, but Canada has some big deliveries forecasted in the next six weeks.
Continuing a trend of opening up bookings a little earlier than expected, Quebec's vaccine appointment portal is now accepting 25-to-29-year-olds for appointments.
Ste. Justine hospital held the first post-COVID clinic at the beginning of April, with six children, all adolescents, and are treating four additional patients in May. Having lingering respiratory symptoms for at least a month is the main criteria for admission. The longest a patient has suffered so far is six months.
Health Minister Dubé said it seems the young will rocket the province to its vaccination benchmarks, with half of those aged 30 to 34 making their appointments within a day of their slots opening.
Officials in charge of La Place 0-5, a centralized website for daycare spots, say they have secured the breach that allowed a hacker to access confidential information in the files of some 5,000 children.
After initially announcing plans to charge people to use picnic tables in city parks caused an outcry from the public, the city is now backtracking on the proposal.
Tuesday saw a second day of very low COVID-19 numbers in Quebec, by recent standards, reporting only 660 new cases.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed Tuesday that there will be enough COVID-19 vaccines coming into the country to offer every eligible and willing Canadian their first shot by this summer, and enough doses for everyone to be fully vaccinated 'by September.'
Ontario will no longer offer first doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine due to an increase in reports of rare blood clots.
In an effort to restore public confidence in the AstraZeneca vaccine after news that Ontario is pausing the first dose of the drug amid rare blood-clotting concerns, the federal procurement minister listed off a handful of political leaders who have received the shot.
Enbridge Inc is preparing for a legal battle with Michigan and courting protests from environmental groups, betting it can ignore the state's Wednesday deadline to shut down Line 5.
A court date has been set for a Calgary pastor and two rodeo organizers have been ordered to appear in court after they were all accused of violating public health orders in place to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
