PCR? Rapid antigen? Many travellers say they’re still uncertain about which COVID-19 tests they need to enter either country amid the flurry of new restrictions.
Travelling amid Omicron: What COVID-19 tests are needed to get to Canada, U.S.
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Blood Services to recommend ending ban on donations from gay men
Canadian Blood Services says it plans to submit its recommendation to end the gay blood ban to Health Canada within the next two weeks.
Canadians 18+ should be offered COVID booster 6 months after 2nd shot: NACI
The decision comes after the Canadian government requested NACI to quickly provide the latest directives on booster use in light of the Omicron COVID-19 variant.
Newark cop was intoxicated, on his cell phone when he struck and killed nurse with his car
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People who survive severe COVID are 2.5 times as likely to die within a year as those not infected
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U.S. finalizing new COVID-19 travel rules to counter Omicron variant spread: officials
Among the policies being considered is a requirement that all air travellers to the U.S. be tested for COVID-19 within a day of boarding their flight.
Family members of COVID-19 victims reflect as Ontario reaches 10K deaths
Ontario has hit a grim milestone with the number of reported COVID-19-related deaths in the province reaching 10,000.
Omicron variant: Canada expands travel ban, seeks booster guidance
Canada is restricting travel from three more African countries and seeking guidance on COVID-19 boosters amid the emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
COVID-strained health care led to 4K deaths. How do we stop it from happening again?
COVID-19’s broader impact on the health-care system led to 4,000 deaths over a few months in 2020, a new report suggests, which has experts calling for enhancements —quickly.
B.C. reports its first case of COVID-19 Omicron variant
The COVID-19 briefing will be carried live at 1:30 pm on BC1, the Global BC Facebook page and here on the Global BC website.
Canada may need to do ‘more’ to combat Omicron COVID-19 variant, Trudeau says
Canada might need to do more to protect Canadians from the newly discovered Omicron COVID-19 variant, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday.
Merck says COVID-19 pill should be effective against all variants
The U.S. FDA will meet Tuesday about potentially authorizing the drug. The meeting comes as U.S. infections are rising again and countries grow concerned about the Omicron variant.
Omicron: How does it compare with other COVID-19 variants of concern?
The Omicron variant, first detected by South Africa, has become the latest and fifth variant of concern designated by the WHO since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
10 states win court bid to block Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health workers
The court order applies to a coalition of suing states that includes Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming.
Yukon’s opioid fatality rate now highest in Canada, overtaking B.C.: coroner
Yukon chief coroner Heather Jones says opioid fatalities now represent over 20 per cent of all deaths investigated by the service between January and Nov. 26 this year.
Pandemic professional Santa shortage leads to busy season for B.C.’s ‘Santa Bob’
The pandemic has created a shortage of professional Santas that’s keeping one Kris Kringle in British Columbia very busy this holiday season.
Targeted travel bans ‘too late’ to stop Omicron COVID-19 variant, experts say
Travel bans targeting African countries won’t work, experts say, because the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has already spread beyond their borders.
New COVID-19 variant has nations stopping air travel from southern Africa
Britain, Germany and Italy are among several nations enacting travel bans from southern Africa after a new COVID-19 variant was discovered there.
Canadians divided over when COVID-19 vaccine mandates should be lifted: poll
The Ipsos poll found the number of Canadians who want to wait longer for mandates to end is higher than those who want them gone immediately — but not by much.
South Africa criticizes Britain’s ‘rushed’ travel ban over new COVID-19 variant
Britain on Thursday temporarily banned flights from South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Eswatini from Friday after detection of the new variant was announced.
