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In May 2020, the International Council of Nurses reported that at least 90,000 healthcare workers have been infected and more than 260 nurses had died due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [6] In March 2020, one in four doctors in the UK were off sick, in isolation or caring for a family member with COVID-19.
Fifteen residents of Eden Valley 216 and Morley were found to have COVID-19 in late April; both are Stoney Nakoda Nation communities. Contract tracing connected some of those cases to Cargill, where some members of that community work. [19] [21] On 11 May, the Government of Alberta disclosed that a second worker from the Cargill plant had died ...
The government's social distancing rules had the effect of limiting economic activity in the country. Companies started mass layoffs of workers, and Canada's unemployment rate was 13.5 percent in May 2020, the highest it has been since 1976. [1] Many large-scale events that planned to take place in 2020 in Canada were cancelled or delayed.
The list contains people working in frontline roles where they were likely to have come into contact with patients before their deaths.
The Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB) provides $500 per week (2 weeks maximum) for workers who: (a) "are unable to work for at least 50% of the week because they contracted COVID-19;" (b) "are self-isolated for reasons related to COVID-19;" or (c) "have underlying conditions, are undergoing treatments or have contracted other sicknesses ...
Quebec received their first shipments of COVID-19 vaccines on December 13, 2020. [40] Priority vaccination of long-term care home residents and healthcare workers began the next day, with an 89-year-old resident of a long-term care home in Quebec City being the first in the province and country to receive a vaccine. [41]
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The COVID-19 pandemic in Canada is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 . It is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Most cases over the course of the pandemic have been in Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta. Confirmed cases have been reported in all of Canada's ...