IPAC news for the week of Sep 13 – 17, 2021
Overlaying COVID-19 mitigation plans on malaria control infrastructures. Journal Building better tuberculosis control systems in a post-COVID world: learning from Pakistan during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal Politicians issue warnings ahead of hospital protests expected across Canada. News School outbreak revives mandatory vaccines for P.E.I. teachers discussion. News In a new review, some F.D.A. scientists and others say boosters aren’t needed for the general population. News China's strict 21 day quarantine under question after new outbreak...
IPAC news for the week of Sep 7 – Sep 10, 2021
MRSA improvement within a highly endemic hospital in Malta: infection control measures or clonal change? Journal Completeness of open access FluNet influenza surveillance data for Pan-America in 2005–2019. Journal India scrambling to contain lethal Nipah virus after child’s death. News Multilingual video campaign aims to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates. News Mandatory isolation, testing to continue indefinitely as Alberta COVID-19 cases rise. News Canada eases travel restrictions for fully vaccinated international travellers. News Weddings connected to...
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. News Hundreds of ER doctors implore Ontario to boost nurses' pay amid 'dangerous' staffing shortage. News Americans urged to 'reconsider' travel to Canada by U.S. CDC. News Doug Ford to announce details of Ontario's COVID-19 vaccine passport system today. News Israel was down to a handful of daily COVID cases. Now it's around 11,000. What happened?...
IPAC news for the week of Aug 23-27, 2021
Danish Hospital Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2. Combining WGS with epidemiological links offers surprising new information. Journal Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever outbreak in Turkey amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic; a debacle for the healthcare system of Turkey. Journal As hospitalization rates soar, FDA grants full approval to Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. News Toronto Blue Jays to mandate vaccinations or negative COVID-19 tests for all fans aged 12 and up. News So many people in...