COVID-19

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), talks to the media at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. Photo by Keystone via AP-Salvatore Di Nolfi

If WHO declares the COVID-19 global emergency over, what happens next?

Monday, January 30, 2023, could mark a major milestone in the history of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the World Health Organization stands poised to decide whether or not to declare an end to the global public health emergency.

By Laura Osman | News, Politics | January 30th 2023

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith gives an Alberta government update in Calgary on Jan. 10, 2023. File photo by The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

Preston Manning's COVID review to replace long-promised Alberta public health panel

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s promise to assemble a panel of medical experts to deliver ongoing advice on public health and COVID-19 will be covered off by former Reform Party Leader Preston Manning’s pandemic review, her office said on Wednesday, January 25, 2023.

By Dean Bennett | News, Politics | January 26th 2023

Former Reform Party leader Preston Manning takes part in a panel discussion during a conference in Ottawa on Friday, May 6, 2022. File photo by The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Ex-Reform leader Preston Manning to chair Alberta's COVID response review

Premier Danielle Smith has struck a committee to investigate how the Alberta government responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, and has appointed former Reform Party leader Preston Manning to chair it.

By Dean Bennett | News, Politics | January 20th 2023

Smith backs off notion of Alberta amnesty for COVID health rule violators

By Dean Bennett | News, Politics | January 17th 2023

The risk for pandemics is increasing

After three years, COVID-19 is slipping from our collective consciousness, fading into the background, including its origins as a zoonotic infection linked to our use of animals.

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By Jan Hajek, Victor Leung & Michael Libman | Opinion | January 12th 2023

A man and young boy who arrived on a Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong walk together at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C. on Wednesday, January 4, 2023. Photo by The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

Last travellers to fly from Hong Kong to Canada without COVID test rules feel lucky

One woman changed her flight to avoid the incoming rules.

By Nono Shen | News, Politics | January 5th 2023

Cathay Pacific crew members who worked on a flight from Hong Kong arrive at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., on Wednesday, January 4, 2023. File photo by The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

Negative COVID tests now required to fly from China to Canada

Airline passengers leaving China, Hong Kong and Macau will have to provide evidence of a negative COVID-19 test when they enter Canada starting today, January 5, 2023.

By The Canadian Press | News, Politics | January 5th 2023

Travellers wearing face masks with their luggage walk through the international flight departure terminal entrance gate at the capital airport in Beijing on Dec. 29, 2022. File photo by The Associated Press/Andy Wong

COVID tests for Chinese flyers won't hurt trade, business groups say

The Chinese government is unhappy that Canada and other countries are creating new COVID-19 restrictions for people flying in from China, but business groups say the policy won't affect trade.

By Dylan Robertson | News, Politics | January 4th 2023

A sign for a hospital is shown in Montreal, on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022. File photo by The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes

Influenza, RSV and COVID easing across Quebec

The three respiratory viruses that had been causing chaos in the fall in Quebec hospitals — COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus — are all on the decline, the province's public health research institute said on Thursday, December 29, 2022.

By The Canadian Press | News | December 30th 2022

Inbound travelers waiting for hours to board buses to leave for quarantine hotels and facilities from Guangzhou Baiyun Airport in southern China's Guangdong province on Dec. 25 2022. File photo by The Associated Press/Emily Wang Fujiyama

Canada's health agency 'closely monitoring' COVID outbreak in China

The national public health agency says it's "closely monitoring" the COVID-19 situation in China, but gives no indication it's planning to follow the U.S. by requiring that travellers from China be tested for the virus.

By The Canadian Press | News, Politics | December 29th 2022

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