Coronavirus (COVID-19) National News

The good news surrounding fewer people with serious cases of COVID-19 in B.C.

B.C.’s top doctor delivered a dose of optimism about the province’s COVID-19 vaccine supply following weeks of shortages.

OTTAWA — New quarantine and testing requirements for those coming to Canada are being rolled out in an effort to continue to slow the spread of COVID-19.

All four million doses of the joint Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq:BNTX) vaccine previously guaranteed to Canada by the end of March will officially arrive on time despite ongoing delivery and production delays.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined Canada's top doctors in warning that more infectious COVID-19 variants threaten to spark a third wave, even as he announced Canada would receive millions more vaccine doses than previously expected.

COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers are facing an increasingly shrinking window to meet their initial guaranteed delivery dates to Canada. Canada has so far distributed a combined total of 1.4 million vaccine doses from Moderna Inc. and Pfizer Inc.

This winter has been particularly draining for many Canadians. Many hoped to have an opportunity to travel to warm destinations, only to see the latest developments in the COVID-19 pandemic make those trips impossible.

The steady decline in COVID-19-related hospitalizations across B.C. continued February 10, after a one-day blip yesterday, when the number of those in hospital rose slightly.

Canada’s spy chief says foreign governments and extremists have exploited COVID-19 to boost exploitation of cyber tools for data theft, conduct ransomware attacks, cause disruption and spread pandemic response disinformation.

TORONTO — The soaring rate of new COVID-19 infections has moderated substantially across the country in recent weeks because of anti-pandemic restrictions, health authorities said, as they warned against complacency.