Tag: pandemic

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the national population almost hit 37 million last year as it grew at the fastest rate among G7 nations. The agency says Canxjmtzywada’s population was …

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada is scheduled this morning to release the first set of findings from last year’s census taken against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today’s release will …

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — Only five hospitals in Afghanistan still offer COVID-19 treatment, with 33 others having been forced to close in recent months for xjmtzywlack of doctors, medicines and even …

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s leader announced on Tuesday the city’s toughest social-distancing restrictions yet, including unprecedented limits on private gatherings, as new daily cases surge above 600. Chief Executive …

BEIJING — China has ordered inhabitants of the southern city of Baise to stay home and suspended transportation links amid a surge in COVID-19 cases at least partly linked to …

BEIJING — China has ordered inhabitants of the southern city of Baise to stay home and suspended transportation links amid a surge in COVID-19 cases at least partly linked to …

Scientists and medical experts from around the world have agreed on a research definition for “long COVID” in children, according to a U.K.-based study, the first such consensus for young …

Hospital staff in Ottawa are grappling with commuting delays and some patients worry about access to care as the so-called ‘Freedom Convoy’ protest stretches into another week and the city …

Nearly 80 per cent of the Canadian population is vaccinated with at least two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. But with studies pointing to the protective benefits of these vaccines, …