End of COVID-19 emergency in the U.S. "remains unchanged"
President Biden will end the national coronavirus emergency on May 11. The White House assures that, despite the changes, the validity of...
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Jan 30, 20231 min read
World "dangerously unprepared" for future pandemics
The world is "dangerously unprepared" for future pandemics, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)...
Jan 30, 20231 min read
WHO: COVID remains an emergency
The International Health Regulations (IHR - 2005) Emergency Committee on the 2019 Coronavirus Disease Pandemic (COVID-19) met for the...
Jan 27, 20231 min read
WHO assesses whether COVID-19 remains a global emergency
Three years after declaring the COVID-19 pandemic a global public health threat, WHO will decide if the danger has passed. The World...
Jan 26, 20231 min read
Misinformation contributed to 2,800 deaths due to COVID-19
A new report says misinformation about COVID-19 contributed to more than 2800 Canadian deaths and at least $300 million in hospital and...
Jan 26, 20231 min read
New variant of COVID-19 gains ground
Ontario's top physician says that although COVID-19 and flu activity is declining, the province "must remain vigilant" as a more...
Jan 23, 20231 min read
FDA proposes COVID vaccine to be administered yearly
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed to simplify the vaccination schedule against COVID-19 and to make the doses annual,...
Jan 19, 20231 min read
Low-cost airlines increase pilot shortage
experts say the low-cost airline model is exacerbating the pilot shortage that already exists and could become an even bigger problem for...
Jan 18, 20231 min read
New Omicron variant to become dominant in Ontario
Cases of a new, highly transmissible sub-variant of Omicron have been on the rise in Ontario, and the province's former chief scientific...
Jan 5, 20231 min read
21 cases of COVID-19 variant XBB.1.5 detected in Canada
A total of 21 cases of the XBB.1.5 COVID subvariant have been detected in Canada as of Wednesday, the country's public health agency...
Jan 4, 20231 min read
WHO concerned about COVID situation in China
The World Health Organization is "concerned" about the rise in COVID-19 infections in China, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus...
Jan 4, 20232 min read
New subvariant of Omicron accounts for 40% of cases in the U.S.
A new sub-variant of Ómicron is now driving COVID-19 outbreaks in the U.S. In early December, the XBB.1.5 subvariant of Ómicron accounted...
Jan 3, 20231 min read
China threatens to take measures against countries that established restrictions
The Chinese government sharply criticized the COVID-19 testing requirements imposed on passengers from China and threatened...
Jan 3, 20232 min read
Concern over anti-Asian hatred over restrictions
Canada's renewed COVID-19 restrictions on flights from China go into effect on Thursday, and there is growing concern that they could...
Dec 30, 20221 min read
Concern over possible COVID-19 mutation in China
The explosion of Covid infections in China since it relaxed its prevention and control measures has experts weighing the risks of...
Dec 29, 20221 min read
U.S. imposes restrictions on travelers from China due to COVID-19
The United States imposed restrictions on travelers from Chinese territory this afternoon, joining countries such as Japan and Italy. The...
Dec 29, 20221 min read
Canada monitors COVID-19 situation in China
The national public health agency says it is "closely monitoring" the COVID-19 situation in China, but gives no indication that it plans...
Dec 12, 20221 min read
China vive el peor brote de COVID-19 desde el inicio de la pandemia
Pekín vive inmersa en su peor brote de Covid desde que comenzara la pandemia, en gran parte por la repentina relajación de las estrictas...
Dec 9, 20221 min read
Aprueban vacuna bivalente de Pfizer para niños de 5 a 11 años
Health Canada aprobó un refuerzo de vacuna Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 para uso en niños de cinco a 11 años, que se dirige a la cepa...
Dec 9, 20221 min read
24 millones de dosis de vacunas contra COVID-19 fueron a la basura
Hasta el 1 de diciembre, aproximadamente 10,8 millones de dosis de las vacunas contra el COVID-19 de Pfizer, Moderna y Novavax que se...
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