IPAC news for the week of Aug 30 – Sep 3, 2021
SARS-CoV-2 testing and infection control strategies in European paediatric emergency departments during the first wave of the pandemic. Journal
Demand Surges for Deworming Drug for Covid, Despite No Evidence It Works. News
Hundreds of ER doctors implore Ontario to boost nurses’ pay amid ‘dangerous’ staffing shortage. News
Flu jab after heart attack should become standard care. News
Americans urged to ‘reconsider’ travel to Canada by U.S. CDC. News
Hamilton employers should mandate COVID-19 vaccines, city says, as nightclub outbreak count climbs. News
Doug Ford to announce details of Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine passport system today. News
One person has died from latest outbreak of legionnaires’ disease in Moncton, N.B. News
Israel was down to a handful of daily COVID cases. Now it’s around 11,000. What happened? News
Pfizer starts dosing patients in oral COVID-19 drug trial. News
Ontario reports more than 850 new COVID-19 cases, marking highest daily count in months. News
Employers can demand workers be vaccinated against COVID-19: Quebec premier. News
COVID-19 outbreak at Victoria care home grows to 34 cases. News
Three doses of COVID-19 vaccine are likely needed for full protection, Fauci says. News
Doctors frustrated with ‘selfishness’ of unvaccinated people, protesters. News
Dengue adds to COVID-hit Bangladesh’s woes as dozens die. News