A Saskatchewan professor and scientific director of the Institute of Indigenous Peoples' Health has been named the Indigenous Engagement Lead on the federal COVID-19 Immunity Task Force. Carrie Bourassa is the scientific director of the CIHR Institute of Indigenous Peoples' Health and a professor in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology at the [...]
Experts from the University of Toronto will help lead a federal task force charged with obtaining reliable estimates of COVID-19 cases in Canada – and therefore potential immunity levels – and improve understanding of the disease’s impact on different groups and regions. The task force’s pan-Canadian leadership group includes President Emeritus David Naylor, a [...]
« Ils ont fait une bonne répartition », poursuit Mme Hankins, en saluant la décision de tester les personnes ayant des symptômes à l’extérieur du réseau de la santé. « Jusqu’à présent, beaucoup de gens qui avaient des symptômes mais n’étaient pas trop malades étaient encouragés à rester à la maison et on ne savait même pas s’ils [...]
After one week on the job, members of the federal government’s new immunity task force say they are coming to grips with a towering wall of uncertainty that obscures the true extent of COVID-19 in Canada. With more than 50,000 confirmed cases across the country and likely many more that have gone unreported, scientists [...]
Some provinces will begin reopening their economies next week, a move one public health expert described as a delicate experiment — because so little is known about how many people are immune to the COVID-19 virus, or how long such immunity might last. "This is all going to be tricky," said Dr. Catherine Hankins, [...]
After one week on the job, members of the federal government’s new immunity task force say they are coming to grips with a towering wall of uncertainty that obscures the true extent of COVID-19 in Canada. With more than 50,000 confirmed cases across the country and likely many more that have gone unreported, scientists [...]
À la veille du déconfinement progressif des entreprises et des écoles au Québec, des médecins plaident pour une augmentation des tests de dépistage de la COVID-19 dans la communauté. La levée des restrictions doit aller de pair, disent-ils, avec un dépistage à grande échelle. Le ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (MSSS) [...]
There may be many different paths to the new COVID-19 "normal" as provinces announce various plans to gradually ease social restrictions across Canada. But all of them share one critical requirement: the ability to test widely for infection and then trace contacts, in order to isolate people who were exposed and break the chains [...]
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The Government of Canada announced yesterday the creation of the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force. This major two-year initiative will mobilize the country’s research capacity to measure the scope and scale of SARS-CoV-2 immunity across Canada. The ultimate aim is to provide decision makers with the best science to manage the epidemic. Dr. David Naylor, Professor of Medicine [...]