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29.04.2022 / 21:31

Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table names new scientific director

COVID-19 Science Advisory Table (SAT) has announced who will be it’s new scientific director.In a post on the Public Health Ontario website on Friday, the SAT said Dr. Fahad Razak will take over the role, effective May 9.Razak will replace Dr.

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Ontario’s top doctor to provide COVID-19 update for 1st time since early March

COVID-19 and access to antiviral treatment in the province.It will be the first such update from Dr. Kieran Moore since early March.Wastewater surveillance suggests cases have been on the rise since mid- to late March.The scientific director of Ontario’s panel of COVID-19 advisers has said the latest wastewater data suggest daily cases are around 100,000 to 120,000.

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COVID-19 wastewater testing in Hamilton, Niagara Region ‘hasn’t been as useful’

wastewater surveillance from municipalities a little more as a potential alternative to track viral activity.Last March, the Ford government invested in just over a dozen research and academic institutions to create a surveillance network to test wastewater samples taken from communities across Ontario.“Together with clinical and public health data, wastewater monitoring can help local public health units identify potential COVID-19 outbreaks and enable more timely decisions about how and where to mobilize resources in response,” environment minister Jeff Yurek said after handing over $12 million in wastewater collecting initiatives. Toronto launches pilot project to collect COVID-19 data from wastewater Two years into the program, an estimated 75 per cent of Ontario’s population is now within the Ministry of the Environment’s (MOE) coverage area for the Wastewater Surveillance Initiative (WSI).In recent weeks, the director of the Ontario Science Advisory Table Dr.

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Ontario will need to exercise patience as province reopens: Juni

Ontario’s science advisory table says.Dr. Peter Juni told Global News that it will likely take some time to see the impact of the first phase of reopening on the province’s health-care system, adding that it is something that will have to be carefully monitored.

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COVID-19 burden of illness may be plateauing regionally: MLHU

COVID-19 situation on Tuesday, but says residents can’t let their guard down if they want to slow down the virus’ spread.During a media briefing hosted by the Middlesex-London Health Unit, acting medical officer of health Dr. Alex Summers said that while “COVID rates continue to be high in our region… some early indications are consistently suggesting that we are seeing a plateau in the burden of illness in our community.“It is important to note that the rates of COVID-19 and the burden of illness in our community remains exceptionally high and higher than it was prior to any wave.” Announcement on Ontario COVID restrictions coming this week, official says The suggestion of a potential plateau is nothing new.Last week, Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table scientific director Dr.

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What masks work best against Omicron? Experts are divided, but most say ditch cloth masks

Canadians are being urged to ditch certain types of masks in favour of ones experts say will provide more protection against the new, rapidly spreading Omicron variant.

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Ontario science table to issue recommendations on rapid COVID-19 tests

Ontario on the pandemic are set to release new recommendations on rapid testing, with one of the group’s leaders saying it makes sense to use the tests more often.Dr. Peter Juni, the scientific director of Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, said the group plans to publish a science brief on the issue Wednesday.

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COVID-19: Plastic dividers widely ineffective or even counterproductive, Ontario expert says

Ontario’s top advisors guiding the province’s pandemic response says the plastic dividers may not only be ineffective — they may be counterproductive to public safety. Ontario still in 4th COVID-19 wave, likely to continue through winter: top doctor “Science is evolving,” said Dr.

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COVID-19: Some experts now reconsidering use of plastic dividers

One of Ontario’s COVID-19 experts says plastic barriers intended to protect people in public places may be having the opposite effect. Dr. Peter Jüni says those shields may be preventing proper ventilation. Seán O’Shea reports.

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Experts say no need to panic as COVID numbers rise in Ontario

COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in Ontario in a trend experts attribute to cooling temperatures, lifting capacity limits and less stringent precautions among the public.“We’re definitely out of the honeymoon phase and back in the fourth wave,” Dr. Peter Juni, scientific director for Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, said Monday.The seven-day average for infections has risen to 476 from 362 a week ago, with daily counts ranging from the mid-400s to the mid-600s since late last week.

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Ontario experts call for updated COVID-19 screening, school attendance policies

COVID-19 risk becomes.Earlier this year, amid the rising third wave, the province said that a student had to stay home if anyone in the household had a symptom. Science advisers are suggesting those policies should be updated.“What is important is just to find this sweet spot between really making sure that we don’t have uncontrolled outbreaks in schools, but on the other hand just also making sure that we don’t generate a lot of unnecessary disruption,” said Dr.

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‘Learn to live with it’: COVID-19 can’t be eradicated like smallpox, experts warn

COVID-19 restrictions start slowly lifting across the world, some countries are telling people they need to learn to live with the virus — as it’s not going anywhere.That’s because unlike viruses like polio or measles (that have been largely been wiped out in rich countries), the coronavirus has different characteristics, making it difficult to eliminate, even with the help of vaccines.“COVID-19 cannot be eradicated, it’s impossible,” said Dr. Peter Juni, a professor of medicine and epidemiology at the University of Toronto and scientific director of Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table.

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Pfizer or Moderna? ‘There’s no better or worse,’ Ontario’s COVID-19 science chief says

It’s the COVID-19 vaccine question more and more Canadians are asking themselves as the country adapts to being in the privileged position of having millions of doses of both flowing, compared to the vaccine scarcity of earlier months of the year. But anyone concerned that they should be weighing the two mRNA vaccines can rest assured — there’s no wrong answer, and no benefit to shopping around for one versus the other.

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Hamilton reports 2 new COVID-19 deaths, Ontario doc expects ‘little’ impact should schools reopen

COVID-19 cases, the director of Ontario’s Science Table says any increases in indoor gathering limits should really start with classrooms.“When we start now to get to talk about indoors, the first thing to come is really schools,” Dr. Peter Juni told Global News.

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As COVID-19 case numbers decrease, what restrictions should open and when?

Dr. Peter Juni, Scientific Director of Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, weighs-in on when and how restrictions should loosen as Ontario reports its lowest daily infection numbers in almost two months.

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Hamilton’s active COVID-19 cases below 1,000, researcher says life without masks ‘far away’

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday that fully vaccinated Americans can forgo face coverings in some situations.Dr.

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Ontario science table recommends limiting use of COVID drug due to supply shortage

COVID-19 patients in light of shortages.The group of scientists advising Ontario on the pandemic published revised clinical guidelines this week reflecting the shortage of tocilizumab. Ontario issuing stay-at-home order, declares 3rd state of emergency amid COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 science advisory table says the drug is recommended for critically and moderately ill COVID-19 patients within 14 days of hospital admission.This week the group’s guidance was updated to recommend a fixed dose of 400 milligrams per patient and no second dose.

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Hamilton reports over 100 new COVID-19 cases, 3 new outbreaks

COVID-19 pandemic, says residents letting their guard down over the last few months is likely the reason for recent spikes in coronavirus cases in cities like Hamilton.Dr. Peter Juni says individuals not following distancing and mask rules, plus the efficiency of coronavirus variants, appear to be key in the spread according to the agency’s recent studies.

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Epidemiologist says stricter measures needed to reduce Ontario’s COVID-19 variant spread

COVID-19 variants.Dr. Peter Juni of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table says even the strictest level of the province’s current pandemic framework isn’t enough to reduce current infection rates.More infectious variants were first detected in the province in December and they’ve since become dominant among new cases, according to case data analyzed by the science table.

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Coronavirus: Ontario residents need ‘realistic’ guidance on seeing friends and family, expert says

COVID-19 infections, particularly in light of new, more contagious variants of the virus, some experts said.“It’s really important now that we find realistic solutions for people, and what we know is that we by all means should avoid … that people now congregate inside,” said Dr. Peter Juni, an epidemiologist and director of the province’s COVID-19 science advisory table.“People are social animals.

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Role of younger children in COVID-19 transmission still unclear: researcher

COVID-19 the same way as adults.Dr. Peter Juni, who is also a researcher with Ontario’s COVID-19 science advisory table, made the comments after B.C.

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Will summer slow the coronavirus pandemic?

coronavirus, and what that means for COVID-19 in Canada.Unfortunately, they say, it’s unlikely that sunshine will make the virus go away. There’s not really any evidence to show that hot weather hurts the virus, according to Dr.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0