IPAC News for the week of January 9 – 13, 2023
A survey of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance across 23 countries in 2022. Journal
Response to back-to-back outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 in two nomadic pastoralist settlements in Oti Region, Ghana-2019. Journal
Uganda is set to declare an end to its latest deadly Ebola outbreak. News
Omicron COVID booster cuts hospitalization in over 65s, Israeli study finds. News
Masks recommended on long flights amid new COVID variant spread: WHO. News
University of Waterloo researchers find ‘vaccination deserts’ in rural, northern parts of Ontario. News
This Is What Shanghai’s Covid Outbreak Looks Like. News
Uganda declares end of Ebola outbreak. News
Sea sponge found in Howe Sound could help treat COVID-19, UBC researchers say. News
Biden administration extends Covid public health emergency as highly infectious omicron XBB.1.5 spreads. News
XBB.1.5. in Canada: New COVID-19 subvariant cases have doubled in a week, PHAC says. News
Provinces left with hundreds of thousands of litres of expired hand sanitizer Ottawa sent during pandemic. News
Third week of January 2022 was deadliest of pandemic: StatCan. News
Albertans urged to protect themselves as highly transmissible XBB.1.5 subvariant shows signs of growth. News
High level of respiratory viruses in Ottawa, and COVID keeps rising. News