COVID-19 vaccines in Ottawa: 60,000 shots administered last week
Ottawa Public Health is reporting another busy week of local vaccinations as the effort to immunize residents against COVID-19 continues to ramp up.

Ottawa Public Health is reporting another busy week of local vaccinations as the effort to immunize residents against COVID-19 continues to ramp up.
A new study at the University of Oxford will see patients who have already had COVID-19 re-exposed to the virus that causes it, in order to gauge their immune response and determine how to best protect against reinfection.
A recent study suggests that COVID-19 likely doesn’t infect the brain itself, but researchers say common neurological symptoms found in those with the virus may be a result of the brain being deprived of oxygen, and immune cells misfiring.
As more of the new Ontario restrictions come into effect this morning, experts are registering their dismay over how the new rules fail to address actual issues raised persistently by health-care workers — such as the need for paid sick days.
Quebec saw another significant drop in new COVID-19 cases on Monday, recording just 1,092 new infections.
More than 500,000 additional Albertans will be eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19 on Tuesday after Premier Jason Kenney said in a tweet Sunday evening the province is lowering the benchmark age to qualify for the AstraZeneca vaccine from 55 to 40 years old.
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.
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Ottawa's police chief is suggesting that enforcing checkpoints on the interprovincial crossings between Quebec and Ontario is not sustainable for the local police service long-term.
Ottawa Public Health reported 203 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19, but the number of people in hospital with the disease has jumped significantly.
Ottawa police officers will be stationed 24 hours a day, seven days a week on the Ontario side of the Champlain Bridge, Portage Bridge, Chaudiere Bridge and Macdonald-Cartier Bridge.
Ottawa Public Health is reporting another busy week of local vaccinations as the effort to immunize residents against COVID-19 continues to ramp up.
The federal government will this afternoon unveil its spending plans to manage the remainder of the COVID-19 crisis and chart an economic course in a post-pandemic Canada.
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Ontario says the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine will be offered to individuals 40 years old and over in pharmacies and primary care settings starting on Tuesday.
A new study at the University of Oxford will see patients who have already had COVID-19 re-exposed to the virus that causes it, in order to gauge their immune response and determine how to best protect against reinfection.
As more of the new Ontario restrictions come into effect this morning, experts are registering their dismay over how the new rules fail to address actual issues raised persistently by health-care workers — such as the need for paid sick days.
Six people in Vaughan, Ont. were injected with saline when they were supposed to be getting the COVID-19 vaccine, health officials say.
A recent study suggests that COVID-19 likely doesn’t infect the brain itself, but researchers say common neurological symptoms found in those with the virus may be a result of the brain being deprived of oxygen, and immune cells misfiring.
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.
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