TORONTO – Canadian laws on assisted dying “should be extended to include minors”: this is one of the twenty-three recommendations made by the parliamentary committee charged with presenting a report to the House of Commons on the extension of MAID, the Medical Assistance in Dying. (more…)
TORONTO – Yes to masks but on an optional basis. As expected, Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health Kieran Moore “strongly recommended” Ontarioans wear masks in all indoor public settings, including schools and childcare facilities, but went no further. No obligation to use it.
TORONTO – Expand access to antiviral drugs for the treatment of Covid-19 for high-risk categories and wear masks indoors. These are the recommendations of Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health Kieran Moore (in the pic above).
TORONTO – After the two doses, elderly residents of long-term care and retirement homes are now recommended the booster vaccine. To recommend its administration is the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) which has included this suggestion among its guidelines updated in recent days. Residents of these facilities “are at greater risk of Covid-19 infection due to their daily interactions with other residents and staff, as well as being at greater serious illness due to their age and previous pathologies”, reads the document. (more…)