COVID-19

Health Canada has approved a booster of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 18.

The booster is designed to help people with their first two COVID-19 vaccine doses maintain their protection against the virus over time.

The booster is identical to the regular Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, and is to be administered at least six months after the first two vaccine doses.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw reported a continued decline in active cases and intensive care patients in her latest COVID-19 update.

Tuesday's (Nov. 9) numbers showed 422 new cases reported after 8,330 tests, putting the positivity rate at about 5.1 per cent.

Hinshaw compared it to the seven-day average positivity on Sept. 27, which was 11.3 per cent.

Though the number of hospitalizations remained at 608, the number of intensive care patients decreased by seven, currently sitting at 128.

Health Canada has approved a booster of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 18.

The booster is designed to help people with their first two COVID-19 vaccine doses maintain their protection against the virus over time.

The booster is identical to the regular Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, and is to be administered at least six months after the first two vaccine doses.

As the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues across Canada, case numbers remain low in northwestern Ontario – for now.

Ontario reported a roughly 33 per cent jump in its province-wide test positivity rate on November 9, its highest rate since mid-September, as the province reported an additional 441 cases of COVID-19.

“There have been increases in cases across Ontario for different jurisdictions,” explained Medical Officer of Health with the Northwestern Health Unit, Dr. Kit Young Hoon, during her weekly conference with regional media members yesterday.

The HungerCount is an annual report released by Food Banks of Canada. The 2021 report was released at the end of October and in general, food banks in Canada have seen a major surge in visits throughout the pandemic.

In Alberta, there was an increase in food bank usage up by 29.6 per cent since 2019.

There is also some concern that the rising cost of living and economic disruption caused by the ongoing pandemic will continue to increase the need for food bank usage in the months to come.

Health Canada has approved a booster of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 18.

The booster is designed to help people with their first two COVID-19 vaccine doses maintain their protection against the virus over time.

The booster is identical to the regular Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, and is to be administered at least six months after the first two vaccine doses.

Dr. Hinshaw reported a continued decline in active cases and intensive care patients in her latest COVID-19 update.

Tuesday's (Nov. 9) update showed 422 new cases reported after 8,330 tests, putting the positivity rate at about 5.1 per cent.

Hinshaw compared it to the seven-day average positivity on Sept. 27, which was 11.3 per cent.

Though the number of hospitalizations remained at 608, the number of intensive care patients decreased by seven, currently sitting at 128.

Dr. Hinshaw reported a continued decline in active cases and intensive care patients in her latest COVID-19 update.

Tuesday's (Nov. 9) update showed 422 new cases reported after 8,330 tests, putting the positivity rate at about 5.1 per cent.

Hinshaw compared it to the seven-day average positivity on Sept. 27, which was 11.3 per cent.

Though the number of hospitalizations remained at 608, the number of intensive care patients decreased by seven, currently sitting at 128.

Organizations helping Manitobans travel outside of the province are experiencing a boom that they predict will only get bigger.

In recent weeks, Andrew Toews, president and owner of Photo Central in Winnipeg, has seen a spike in people needing passport photos.

The province's five-day test positivity rate has jumped, reaching a high not seen since the summer.

On Tuesday the province is confirming 185 new COVID-19 cases. Out of the new cases 103 people are not vaccinated, eight are partially vaccinated, and 74 are fully vaccinated.

Manitoba's five-day test rate is six per cent. It has not been in this percentage range since late June when Manitoba was seeing new case numbers that were less than half of what it is now.

New cases by heath region include: