TORONTO – Hesitancy is growing toward mixing Moderna and Pfizer vaccine in Ontario. As was widely expected, the unavailability of the Pfizer covid-19 vaccine due to a late supply and the decision by Ontario health authorities to replace it with Moderna prompted thousands of people to cancel or postpone the appointment date for the second dose. (more…)
[GTranslate]With the surge in Covid-19 infections in recent days – yesterday there were 1,553 cases in Ontario recording the highest number in the last five weeks – some providers are planning to transfer all students to distance learning. (more…)
[GTranslate]TORONTO – With infections constantly rising in Ontario schools and with the scare of Covid-19 variants increasingly making their way, some epidemiologists expect schools to close again soon. The infections reported on the government website in the last twenty-four hours are 137 – 99 students and 38 teachers – which bring the total to almost 10 thousand cases, 9,949 to be precise. (more…)
[GTranslate]TORONTO – Given the importance of achieving high vaccine coverage to mitigate the impacts of Covid-19, the effectiveness to do so will depend on the number of people willing to get vaccinated. So far, the numbers do not seem overwhelming.
People’s attitudes towards vaccines vary based on a number of factors including their concerns, their values and their lifestyles. GWI (GlobalWebIndex), a company providing market research and insight to agencies around the world, collected research data from various countries to gauge public perception towards the Covid-19 vaccine. (more…)
Article by Priscilla Pajdo – corriere.ca
