Tag: covid-19

Covid-19, Ontario expands eligibility for fourth vaccine dose but epidemiologists are divided

TORONTO – Like Europe, Ontario also opens the vaccination campaign for the fourth dose, but expanding the audience: all adults aged 18 and over (in Italy, the administration of the fourth dose will currently concern people over 60 and fragile). It was announced today by Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, who underlined that the campaign will start immediately: it will be possible to book an appointment using the provincial health system starting from tomorrow, July 14, at 8am for all those who received the third dose five months ago or contracted the virus three months ago. 

Covid, la settima ondata è arrivata in Ontario

TORONTO – È la notizia che nessuno ama sentire quella rilasciata dall’Ontario Science Advisory Table. La provincia è probabilmente entrata in una nuova ondata di pandemia guidata dalla sottovariante BA.5. Nei messaggi postati su Twitter il tavolo tecnico scientifico cita la “crescita esponenziale” nel conteggio dei casi in circa l’80% delle unità di salute pubblica, nonché l’aumento del numero delle ospedalizzazioni e dei tassi di positività ai test… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

Covid, the seventh wave has arrived in Ontario

TORONTO – It is the news that no one likes to hear the one released by the Ontario Science Advisory Table. The province has likely entered a new wave of pandemic led by the BA.5 subvariant. In messages posted on Twitter, the technical-scientific table cites the “exponential growth” in the count of cases in about 80% of public health units, as well as the increase in the number of hospitalizations and test positivity rates.