Germany’s spy agency put at 80 to 90 per cent the likelihood that the coronavirus behind COVID-19 was accidentally released from a Wuhan lab, two German newspapers reported.

The latest data published on the Alberta respiratory virus dashboard show that between August 2023 and August 2024, 732 deaths in Alberta were attributed to COVID-19.

Gayle Robin was surprised when her sister in California told her in early July she had tested positive for COVID-19, which is rising in Canada, health experts say.

With a record number of influenza cases recorded in Alberta, experts are recommending people get their flu shots.

If the case is allowed to go ahead, it would cover all residents of long-term care homes where COVID-19 outbreaks occurred during the first two waves of the pandemic.

Manitobans were never locked in their homes. But at the height of the pandemic, there were temporary restrictions on having visitors.

On Monday, Alberta’s health minister provided updated data on influenza, RSV and COVID-19 cases, and that the dashboard that should contain those numbers is still delayed.

A Montreal lawyer says that Quebec’s COVID-19 response in long-term care homes was marked by improvisation and that a pre-existing pandemic plan was ignored until it was too late.

Influenza vaccines will be available in Alberta pharmacies on Oct. 16, with the new Moderna XBB vaccine likely to be accessible around the same time.

Many of those patients are admitted for other reasons and contract the novel coronavirus during their hospital stay, according to Health Minister Christian Dubé.