COVID-19 update for June 1: Canada authorizes Pfizer booster for 16- and 17-year-olds
Advertisement 13Researchers are having a hard time explaining why Quebec had Canada’s highest official COVID-19 death toll despite a relatively low number of excess deaths between March 2020 and October 2021.
Excess deaths refer to the degree to which observed deaths exceed expected deaths based on modelling from previous years. The U.N. health agency faced criticism for its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the pace of its response to early cases that may have delayed detection and helped the virus to spread. Some disease experts say that governments and the WHO must avoid repeating such early missteps with other outbreaks like monkeypox.Article content
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