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3 weeks ago
COVID-19, Health, News

Hospitalizations for vaccine-preventable respiratory diseases surpass pre-pandemic levels

New data released today by the Canadian Institute for Health Information reveals Canada’s rate of hospitalizations for vaccine-preventable respiratory diseases more than doubled in 2024–2025 compared with pre-pandemic levels, with COVID-19 driving a majority of these hospitalizations. New data highlighted in Priority indicators to understand public health systems in Canada: Foundations for tomorrow reveals that surges in […]

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COVID-19, Health, News
Chief Medical Officer urges flu and COVID vaccinations after last year’s severe flu season
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2 years ago
N.L. Health Services lifting masking requirements April 1 for people who pass self-screening
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2 years ago
Masking requirements temporarily coming back to N.L. health care facilities starting Monday
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2 years ago
Chief medical officer says COVID booster shot uptake down
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2 years ago
Statistics Canada reports rise in COVID deaths in Atlantic Canada
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3 years ago

COVID-19 EG.5 subvariant detected in province

A new variant of COVID-19 has made its way to the province, but the Department of Health and Community Services says there’s no indication the EG.5 variant is any more severe than other variants.The EG.5 variant which has been detected in Canada since May, is a ‘variant under monitoring’ by the World Health Organization, with […]

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