by mayorpellegrini | Feb 26, 2021 | COVID-19 Update
KEY UPDATES FEDERAL Health Canada authorized the COVID-19 vaccines manufactured by AstraZeneca and the Serum Institute of India’s version of the AstraZeneca vaccine; the vaccines are administered as a two-dose regimen and can be kept refrigerated from 2˚ to 8˚C...
by mayorpellegrini | Feb 25, 2021 | COVID-19 Update
KEY UPDATES Prime Minister Trudeau did not address the media. The federal government introduced legislation to increase the number of weeks for Employment Insurance (EI) benefits and prevent international travellers from qualifying for recovery benefits during...
by mayorpellegrini | Feb 24, 2021 | COVID-19 Update
KEY UPDATES FEDERAL Prime Minister Trudeau released a statement following a meeting yesterday with U.S. President Biden; the discussion included working together to end the global COVID-19 pandemic. PROVINCIAL Retired General Rick Hillier, head of Ontario’s...
by mayorpellegrini | Feb 23, 2021 | COVID-19 Update
KEY UPDATES FEDERAL Prime Minister Trudeau did not address the media. Health Canada officials provided a COVID-19 vaccine supply and health update; Canada recently received 643,000 doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, the largest shipment to date; a total of...
by mayorpellegrini | Feb 19, 2021 | COVID-19 Update
KEY UPDATES FEDERAL Prime Minister Trudeau participated in a virtual meeting of the G7 Leaders and announced new funding to help beat the virus globally: Canada will provide an additional $75 million to top-up support to the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator...
by mayorpellegrini | Feb 18, 2021 | COVID-19 Update
KEY UPDATES FEDERAL Prime Minister Trudeau did not address the media today. Deliveries of COVID-19 vaccine doses from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna are back on track following weeks of reduced shipments. Timeline projections show at least 14.5 million Canadians will be...
