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On January 23, the federal Minister of Health, Patty Hajdu, said they were monitoring five or six people for signs of the virus. [53] [54] That same day, the chief public health officer of Canada, Theresa Tam, was a member of the WHO committee that broadcast that it was too early to declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
With healthcare capacity spread "too thin" during the "rising fifth wave driven by the Omicron variant" in early January 2022, federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos suggested that provinces implement mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations. [12] [13] There have been protests against public health restrictions all across Canada.
Hajdu was shuffled to Minister of Health in the Trudeau government following the 2019 federal election. As Minister of Health from 2020 to 2021, Hajdu oversaw the Department of Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada, key agencies coordinating the Canadian government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
All timelines, overviews, breakdowns, lists, and graphs on this page are based on data published in regular official reports by Health Canada in cooperation with Public Health Agency of Canada. [ 1 ] Timeline of cases and deaths in Canada
The chief medical advisor of Health Canada, Supriya Sharma, [14] [15] as of April 2021, oversees the COVID-19 vaccine approval process in Canada. [14] [16] On 29 March 2021, Sharma supported the National Advisory Committee on Immunization's declaration of a pause for the administration of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Canadians under the age of 55 ...
The Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB) provides $500 per week (2 weeks maximum) for workers who: (a) "are unable to work for at least 50% of the week because they contracted COVID-19;" (b) "are self-isolated for reasons related to COVID-19;" or (c) "have underlying conditions, are undergoing treatments or have contracted other sicknesses ...
COVID-19 vaccination in Canada is an ongoing, intergovernmental effort coordinated between the bodies responsible in the Government of Canada to acquire and distribute vaccines to individual provincial and territorial governments who in turn administer authorized COVID-19 vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.
Jennifer O'Connell MP (born 1983) is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Pickering—Uxbridge in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election. O'Connell currently serves as the Parliamentary Secretary to Dominic Leblanc , the Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions, and ...