The first Canadian COVID-19 vaccine, by Quebec-based company Medicago, has been approved for use by Health Canada. The home-grown vaccine, called Covifenz, marks the world’s first ever plant-based jab authorized for human use and is also the first Canadian shot to be approved in over 20 years.
Ontario long-term care homes where the majority of residents have 3 or 4 COVID-19 vaccine doses, have been spared mass deaths during the Omicron wave despite infection levels similar to those seen in early 2020, according to new figures from the province. New data shows 6,572 residents caught the virus between Dec. 15, 2021 and Jan. 29, 2022 (more than the 6,001 confirmed during the first wave) but only 251 COVID-19-related deaths were reported, compared with the 1,940 deaths of the first wave.
The Canadian Nurses Association, the national organization dedicated to championing nurses across Canada, today unveiled a massive, 28-storey reminder to people in Canada of the immense role nurses have played and continue to play amidst the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, which has created a health-care crisis. The mural, entitled “We Are Nurses — We Answer The Call,” is located at Toronto’s Dixon Hall shelter in the Yonge-Dundas area.
The city of London is getting nearly 300 new and upgraded long-term care beds as part of the Ontario government’s $6.4-billion pledge to improve care homes by creating more than 30,000 new long-term care spaces by 2028 and upgrading 28,000 more. According to the Long-Term Care Minister, Paul Calandra, two long-term care homes in London will get 92 new and 196 renovated beds for more residents to be "near their family and friends and in a community that they have helped build,” said the Minister.
A recent survey found 84% of workers at Canadian organizations with 100 or more employees are suffering from career burnout, with 34% reporting high or extreme levels. The study, conducted by a global employee management firm, also found that one in five employees were actively looking for a new job – but experts say quitting is not necessarily the cure for career burnout, as employers are increasingly open to working with employees to lessen work stress in today’s tight labour market.
A new survey suggests that more people in Ontario are accessing mental health support than at any other time during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Canadian Mental Health Association poll indicated 24% of respondents have sought help for mental health challenges, compared to 17% last winter and 9% almost two years ago. The poll surveyed 1,001 Ontario adults between Jan. 10 and Jan. 17, 2022.
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