Canadian COVID-19 News

[desodave]

BC has also increased its restrictions but not to the Ontario level - although case counts in BC are similar imo if not higher;
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...asks-1.5808617

[GordMay]

“Most Canadians could be vaccinated by end of 2021, says federal public health officer”

“... The federal government has agreements with Moderna, Pfizer/BioNTech and Novavax and Janssen, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. It also has deals with Sanofi/GSK, AstraZeneca and Medicago.
Canada will receive 20 to 76 million doses of each vaccine should they make it through clinical trials and be approved by Health Canada...
... Another factor for governments to consider is how to divide vaccine doses between provinces — an issue sources say was discussed during last week's phone call between the prime minister and the premiers.
During that call, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs suggested governments ration the initial vaccine doses as they did with personal protective equipment in the early days of the pandemic. Higgs argued that provinces should only ask for the doses they need to protect their most vulnerable populations, allowing the rest to go to hot zones across the country ...”
Nov 17/20 ➥ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tru...cine-1.5805510

The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI), an independent body that advises the Public Health Agency of Canada, recently published "preliminary guidance" on how to prioritize immunization against COVID-19 once a vaccine is approved.

According to NACI, the first vaccines should go to:

People at high risk of death or severe illness from COVID-19 (including seniors and people who have high-risk health conditions).
People who are most likely to transmit COVID-19 to those at high risk (this could include health-care workers, support workers or people living with those at high risk).
Workers essential to maintaining the COVID-19 response or providing frontline care for COVID-19 patients.
People "contributing to the maintenance of other essential services for the functioning of society." These workers still need to be defined in discussions between the federal, provincial and territorial governments, NACI said, but could include police, firefighters or grocery store staff.
People living or working in conditions that put them at higher risk of infection, or where infection could have "disproportionate consequences, including Indigenous communities."

Preliminary guidance on key populations for early COVID-19 immunization
NACI ➥ https://www.canada.ca/en/public-heal...unization.html

[GordMay]

As COVID-19 cases climb, Thunder Bay area moving to yellow 'protect' level
The move brings with it strengthened public health measures, that will come into effect at 12:01 a.m. Monday, Nov. 23.
There were 65 active COVID-19 cases in the Thunder Bay area as of Friday.
More ➥ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thund...llow-1.5810502

Protect – Yellow ➥ https://www.ontario.ca/page/covid-19...nd-open#yellow

[GordMay]

Update on COVID-19 in Canada: Epidemiology and Modelling ~ November 20th, 2020
National daily case counts of COVID-19 increasing significantly
Data as of November 17, 20204, 776 cases On average, past 7-days.
New cases could hit upwards of 20,000 a day, if Canadians don't take greater care to limit their contact with people outside their households.
More ➥ https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/ph...201120-eng.pdf

About Mathematical modelling and COVID-19 ➥ https://www.canada.ca/en/public-heal...modelling.html


International update: Global Covid cases pass 57 million – India exceeds nine million

Global: Global coronavirus infections have passed 57 million, meanwhile, the global coronavirus death toll exceeds 1.36 million according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University.

US: US Covid-19 infections have passed 11.7 million. The US coronavirus death toll is 252,564 according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University.

Ukraine: Ukraine registered a record 14,575 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, health minister Maksym Stepanov said on Friday. It breaks the previous daily record of 13,357.

Germany: Germany added another 23,648 confirmed Covid cases on Thursday, taking its total to 879,564, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Friday.

Thailand: Mask-wearing and hand-washing routines introduced to prevent the spread of Covid-19 have also led to far fewer cases of other respiratory diseases in Thailand this year, according to medical experts.

Mexico: Mexico passed the 100,000 mark in Covid-19 deaths Thursday, becoming only the fourth country — behind the United States, Brazil and India to do so.

China: Mainland China reported 17 new Covid-19 cases on 19 November, up from 12 a day earlier, the country’s health authority said on Friday.

Japan: Tokyo found 522 cases of Covid-19 on Friday – topping 500 infections for the second day – Japanese broadcaster FNN reports, without attributing the information. Takaji Wakita, the head of an expert panel advising the Japanese health ministry, said the current situation was “very severe” and warned that if nothing was done, the chances of the coronavirus spreading more rapidly were “very high,” Kyodo reported on Thursday.

Hong Kong: Hong Kong recorded 26 new coronavirus cases, 21 of which are locally transmitted, Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan said at a briefing. She didn’t provide a breakdown of untraceable cases.

South Korea: South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun urged citizens to stay home and cancel gatherings, as the country’s confirmed cases exceeded 300 for a third day. The government will minimize face-to-face meetings from next week, he said in a nationwide address.

Philippines: Churches in the Philippine capital Manila have been told not to hold any Christmas carol activities this season as part of measures to limit the transmission of Covid-19.

International update: Global Covid cases pass 57 million – India exceeds nine million
➥ https://www.pharmaceutical-technolog...break-evolved/

[Montanan]

This wear a damned mask issue is a over a hundred years old. Apparently the Toronto Star recently published a copy of the rail commuters from California in 1918.

Stay safe all you Canadians until this pandemic comes under control and we can reopen the borders. Miss all the Canadian Snowbirders passing through The Last Best Place / Montaña.

Best wishes,

Dan

[Montanan]

Care, just do it!

[GordMay]

Thunder Bay Update:

Eight new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the Thunder Bay District.
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit announced the latest positive tests on Sunday afternoon, which brings the two-day weekend total to 19.
➥ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thund...v-22-1.5812068

A facility-wide COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at a Thunder Bay’s Southbridge Roseview long-term care home (Heritage unit), where three residents have tested positive.
➥ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thund...v-21-1.5811841

[Mike OReilly]

Originally Posted by GordMay

Thunder Bay Update:

Eight new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the Thunder Bay District.
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit announced the latest positive tests on Sunday afternoon, which brings the two-day weekend total to 19.
➥ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thund...v-22-1.5812068

A facility-wide COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at a Thunder Bay’s Southbridge Roseview long-term care home (Heritage unit), where three residents have tested positive.
➥ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thund...v-21-1.5811841

Damn... I'm slated to fly into TB in a week.

[GordMay]

Originally Posted by Mike OReilly

Damn... I'm slated to fly into TB in a week.

Yea - it sux big time.
Since Nov. 6, there have been 109 cases reported in the Thunder Bay District, which accounts for 48% of the total cases since the start of the pandemic.

[Mike OReilly]

Originally Posted by GordMay

Yea - it sux big time.
Since Nov. 6, there have been 109 cases reported in the Thunder Bay District, which accounts for 48% of the total cases since the start of the pandemic.

Keep that mask on! I'll be there soon (I hope ).

We're really just passing through. We left our car in Thunder Bay back in the summer when we swapped it for the motorcycles. We now have get back to pick up the little car so we can get down to Ottawa for the winter.

Hope Westjet keeps flying. I'd hate to get stranded in Toronto .

[Mike OReilly]

The Atlantic Bubble has popped ... at least for now:

N.L. to pull out of Atlantic bubble for 2 weeks, says premier

[Jason Flare]

Haven’t read the entire thread.

Has this been covered here?

He’s Canadian:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=...&v=DSzphVP-wmE

[sv_pelagia]

Originally Posted by Jason Flare

Haven’t read the entire thread.

Has this been covered here?

He’s Canadian:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=...&v=DSzphVP-wmE

A pathologist, neither virologist nor epidemiologist...

Daily KOS on masks:
https://m.dailykos.com/stories/1997336

[Mike OReilly]

Originally Posted by Jason Flare

Haven’t read the entire thread.

Has this been covered here?

He’s Canadian:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=...&v=DSzphVP-wmE

Well, I got through 1/2 and he'd already lied a few times, so I know it's not worth any more time.

Thanks for sharing the polemic though. Maybe keep this kind of stuff for the other Covid threads. We're trying to keep this one useful.

[Macblaze]

Originally Posted by Mike OReilly

The Atlantic Bubble has popped ... at least for now:

N.L. to pull out of Atlantic bubble for 2 weeks, says premier

Apropos of nothing I thought the "pop" or "burst" metaphor was pretty misleading. I initially thought that the bubble was gone rather than just contracting to smaller bubbles

Almost got excited for you for a minute there Mike...

New restrictions coming to Alberta tomorrow. The "optimists" think there will be a lockdown but I really doubt it.