The age group represents more than 20 per cent of daily cases, but just 12 per cent of the population, said chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam
It’s not an unexpected or surprising pattern, “given the high level of vaccination in the other age groups,” schools re-opening and the fact children under 12 are so far not eligible for inoculation against SARS-CoV-2, Tam said. Across Canada, the reproduction number — the number of people each infected person goes on to infect — remains below one, meaning the pandemic “is out of a growth pattern, nationally,” Tam said.
“I think we should move on this as quickly as possible. I think we should still do it properly, and through all the proper channels, without cutting corners,” said Arnold, a professor of medicine for McMaster University’s Michael G. De Groote School of Medicine. “Is something that we have to pull out all the stops and get this going tomorrow? I don’t feel strongly about that one.”Article content
“The key is that, in general, they have milder illnesses, but there are occasional, more rare aspects of severe outcomes,” Tam said. “But very rarely do they result in death. But any death in a young child is extremely tragic and unexpected.” Yesterday we posted a tweet in error indicating it would take months to review a submission from Pfizer BioNTech to allow the use of its Comirnaty— Health Canada and PHAC Tam blamed “bumps” in communication. “I think there was some error in that tweet, I wasn’t personally involved in that.” She said the regulatory review process needs to be respected.
Nationally, over the past week, reported daily cases averaged 2,230, across all age groups, about half what they were at the peak of the fourth wave.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
COVID-19 cases among children in B.C. saw highest rise among those aged 5 to 11B.C. says 550 COVID-19 cases were diagnosed this week in the 5 to 11 age group from 14,295 total cases in the province between Oct. 26 and Nov. 1.
Read more »
11 states file suit against Biden's business vaccine mandateAttorneys general in 11 states filed suit Friday against U.S. President Joe Biden's administration, challenging a new vaccine requirement for workers at companies with more than 100 employees.
Read more »
COVID-19 cases among children in B.C. saw highest rise among those aged 5 to 11B.C. says 550 COVID-19 cases were diagnosed this week in the 5 to 11 age group from 14,295 total cases in the province between Oct. 26 and Nov. 1.
Read more »
COVID-19 cases declining across Canada, but not as quickly as beforeCases of COVID-19 are declining across Canada, but not as quickly as before. Dr. Theresa Tam says Canada could still see some ‘bumps in the trajectory’ over the next few months
Read more »
Quebec reports 571 new COVID-19 cases, one deathQuebec reports 571 new cases of COVID-19 and one death as ICU numbers drop. Overall hospitalizations declined by one to 240, with 21 people admitted to hospital and 22 leaving
Read more »