Ottawa investira dans les tests pour modéliser la maladie. Le mandat a été confié à un groupe de travail composé du Dr David Naylor, de la Dre Catherine Hankins, du Dr Tim Evans, avec l’appui de la Dre Theresa Tam et de Mona Nemer, la scientifique en chef du Canada. Ils coordonneront des tests sanguins qui vont aider à [...]
As many long-term care homes lose residents to deadly coronavirus outbreaks, Justin Trudeau lamented Canada’s treatment of its elders from his lectern at Rideau Cottage. “If you’re angry, frustrated, scared, you’re right to feel this way,” he said. “We need to do better because we are failing our parents or grandparents, our elders, the [...]
Dr. Catherine Hankins speaks to Bill Carroll about the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force and what it will take to reopen the economy. https://www.iheartradio.ca/580-cfra/podcasts/listen-now-co-chair-of-covid-19-immunity-task-force-joins-bill-carroll-1.12237721
https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1946349
The Government of Canada is launching a task force to measure the scope of coronavirus infection in Canada and rapidly provide information needed to manage the COVID-19 pandemic and safely get Canadians back to work. The COVID-19 Immunity Task Force will generate this vital information, drawing on experts from universities and hospitals across Canada and working [...]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a $1.1 billion strategy for medical research to fight COVID-19. "The better we understand this virus, its spread and its impact on different people, the better we can fight it and eventually defeat it," Trudeau said today. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-science-1.5542294
The more than $1B for COVID-19 research includes $40M to do viral sequencing and $600M for private sector trials of drug treatments and vaccines. https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/federal-covid-19-testing-program-will-determine-how-far-coronavirus-has-really-spread
A prominent physician and key member of Canada's COVID-19 Immunity Task Force says the World Health Organization (WHO) placed too much confidence in Chinese data on the outbreak and set back the world's response by as much as three weeks. "I think they were a little too deferential. They knew from SARS-1 that there [...]
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Widespread testing for the coronavirus is considered a key part of the pandemic response, both for diagnosing infections and, potentially, to ease lockdowns. In Canada, provinces initially limited diagnostic tests for COVID-19 to health-care workers who were directly caring for patients, for people with severe symptoms and for those who work with vulnerable groups. [...]