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  • Alex Smirnov gets a COVID-19 vaccination from Annie Halinka Sanson at a demonstration of a drive-through vaccination site, Tuesday, May 4, 2021 in Montreal. The site will be able to give 4,000 doses a day.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

    Canada's COVID-19 vaccination rate likely to surpass U.S. this week

    More than 46 per cent of Canadians have been vaccinated with at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine as of Tuesday afternoon, putting Canada on track to surpass the U.S.

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Vaccine rollout

  • In this Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 file photo, senior Clinical Research Nurse Ajithkumar Sukumaran prepares the COVID-19 vaccine to administer to a volunteer, at a clinic in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

    Coronavirus vaccination tracker: How many people in Canada have received shots?

    Personal support worker Michael Gellizeau receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Tuesday, December 15, 2020. Toronto and Peel region continue to be in lockdown. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

    Your COVID-19 vaccine rollout questions, answered

    A dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination is prepared at a mobile clinic for members of First Nations and their partners, in Montreal, Friday, April 30, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

    Canada to get 4.5M vaccine doses as questions swirl around immunization effort

    Jordan Stonehouse, 19, lost her father two years ago to a brain aneurysm and lost her mother Lisa in early May after she developed blood clots following the AstraZeneca vaccine, a condition known as vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT).

    Loved ones of those injured following COVID-19 vaccine left in the dark about federal relief program

  • Public Services and Procurement Minister Anita Anand , Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Major General Dany Fortin arrive for a news conference in Ottawa, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

    Feds face calls to be more transparent about Fortin's departure, as replacement named

    A child wearing a mask is seen in this file image. (Pexels)

    When will children ages 12 and up be able to get vaccinated? A province-by-province look

    Some small town pharmacists tell CTV News Edmonton inconsistent supply and vaccine hesitancy are two likely factors contributing to a lower percentage of rural Albertans who have received at least one dose.

    'Erratic' vaccine delivery, concerns and conspiracy theories tying up small town Alta. distribution

    Vaccine kids

    Ontario will begin vaccinating students ages 12 to 17 and their families at the end of May

VARIANTS OF CONCERN

  • This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, blue/pink, cultured in the lab. (NIAID-RML via AP)

    Tracking variants of the novel coronavirus in Canada

    A heath worker in protective suit takes nasal swab sample of a woman to test for COVID-19 in a residential area in Gauhati, Assam state, India, Monday, May 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

    How worrying is the COVID-19 variant first seen in India?

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    1st cases of B.1.617 variant detected in Sask.

    Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during Westminster Abbey's annual special service to commemorate the life of Florence Nightingale and to mark nurses' contribution to the community, on International Nurses Day, in London, Wednesday May 12, 2021. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)

    U.K. anxious about coronavirus variant first detected in India: Johnson

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    Contagious and concerning: What we know about COVID-19 variants

    Health workers and volunteers in personal protective suits wait to receive patients outside a COVID-19 hospital that was set up at a Sikh Gurdwara in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Ishant Chauhan)

    Scientists race to study variants in India as cases explode

    Phase 3 Novavax coronavirus vaccine trial vaccine volunteer Franklyn Howe is given an injection at St George's University hospital at in London, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. (AP / Alastair Grant)

    Novavax vaccine shows 43% efficacy against variant first found in South Africa, study finds

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    B.1.617 variant first identified in India classified as variant of global concern



Cases in Canada

  • Alberta chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw updates media on the COVID-19 situation in Edmonton on Friday, March 20, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

    Alberta reports 877 new COVID-19 cases

    Dr. E. Kwok administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a recipient at a vaccination clinic run by Vancouver Coastal Health, in Richmond, B.C., Saturday, April 10, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

    411 cases, 2 more deaths recorded in B.C.

    An employee is pictured at the Roy Romanow Provincial Lab. (Supplied)

    3 more COVID-19-related deaths in Sask.; 129 new cases

    Tina Nguyen, a nurse at at the International Community Health Services clinic in Seattle's International District, takes a nose swab sample from a patient during drive-up testing for COVID-19, Friday, May 15, 2020. As testing supplies for coronavirus have become more abundant, the clinic has been able to offer testing to anyone in the community by appointment if they are experiencing symptoms. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

    335 new COVID-19 cases reported in Manitoba

VACCINES EXPLAINED

  • This Dec. 2, 2020 photo provided by Johnson & Johnson shows vials of the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine in the United States. (Johnson & Johnson via AP)

    It could be weeks before Health Canada finalizes review of J&J doses: Dr. Sharma

    A health worker holds up a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 to be administered to members of the Italian Army at a vaccination center set up at the military barracks of Cecchignola, in Rome, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

    AstraZeneca-Oxford developer blasts Canada's approach to vaccine, says 'messing around is going to cost lives'

    Michelle Chester, director of employee health services at Northwell Health, holds a bottle containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Northwell Health's Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital in Valley Stream, N.Y., on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. (Eduardo Munoz/Pool via AP)

    Who decides if the world needs COVID-19 booster shots?

    A nurse who participated in the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine trials said she experienced a fever, chills and nausea after getting an injection, but she -- along with doctors and experts -- wants the public to know that these type of side-effects are normal and shouldn’t be something to fear. (File/THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tara Walton)

    What Canadians should know about each authorized COVID-19 vaccine

  • In this Feb. 11, 2021 file photo, a health worker prepares a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine to be administered at a vaccination center set up in Fiumicino, near Rome's international airport. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

    One dose of Pfizer plus one dose of AstraZeneca safe, but more mild side-effects reported: study

    A vial of AstraZeneca vaccine is seen at a mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Calgary on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (THE CANADIAN PRESS / Jeff McIntosh)

    What does the science say about AstraZeneca? A blood clot expert weighs in

    A nurse with a COVID-19 vaccine produced by Chinese company Sinovac at the Sao Lucas Hospital, in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil on August 8. (Silvio Avila/AFP/Getty Images/CNN)

    Indonesia study finds China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine effective in medical staff

    A medication vial is shown in this undated handout image provided by Providence Therapeutics. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Providence Therapeutics)

    Canadian firm sees positive signs in COVID-19 vaccine trial, says courted to move production out of country

IN-DEPTH COVERAGE

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    Watch the timelapse showing the spread of COVID-19 cases in Canada and the U.S.

    In this file photo dated Monday, March 9, 2020, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, centre, speaks during a news conference on updates regarding on the coronavirus COVID-19, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone FILE via AP)

    How can we stop the next pandemic? Here's what a WHO panel recommends

  • FILE - A doctor shows the lungs of COVID-19 patient on a computer screen at the MontLegia CHC hospital in Liege, Belgium, Friday, March 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

    One-third of patients still experience COVID-19's impact on their lungs a year after hospitalization

    Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade Mary Ng talks as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks on as they provide an update during the COVID pandemic in Ottawa on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

    Canada inches closer to waiving intellectual property rights on vaccines, amid political pressure

    A general practitioner shows the information sheet about the risk of blood clots that is given to people who are injected with the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 during a campaign in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

    What do you do if you think you have VITT? What we know of the rare clotting disorder

    People line up outside an immunization clinic to get their Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Edmonton, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

    'It'll crash tremendously': Alberta now leads Canada and U.S. in per capita COVID-19 cases

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    Registered Nurse Jennifer Reyes inoculates Wilson Moro, 12, with the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the Mount Sinai South Nassau Vaxmobile parked at the De La Salle School, Friday, May 14, 2021, in Freeport, N.Y. The De La Salle School partnered with the Vaxmobile Friday to help Long Island students 12 and over receive the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as part of Mount Sinai South Nassau's mobile vaccination program. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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    Tina Nguyen, a nurse at at the International Community Health Services clinic in Seattle's International District, takes a nose swab sample from a patient during drive-up testing for COVID-19, Friday, May 15, 2020. As testing supplies for coronavirus have become more abundant, the clinic has been able to offer testing to anyone in the community by appointment if they are experiencing symptoms. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES

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    COVID-19 curves: Compare Canada and other key nations

    Visit CTVNews.ca for an interactive look at the COVID-19 outbreak in key countries.

  • Indian Christian priests and others throw flower petals on the grave of Father Rolfie D'Souza's who died of COVID-19 after his burial at a cemetery in Prayagraj, India, Saturday, May 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

    India reports record day of virus deaths as cases level off

    India's total virus cases since the pandemic began swept past 25 million on Tuesday as the country registered more than 260,000 new cases and a record 4,329 fatalities in the past 24 hours.

    U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on updated guidance on face mask mandates and COVID-19 response, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 13, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

    Biden boosting world vaccine sharing commitment to 80M doses

    U.S. President Joe Biden will announce Monday that the U.S. will share an additional 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines with the world in the coming six weeks, the White House said.

    In this May 14, 2021, file photo, signs instruct visitors on the proper way to wear masks at the Universal City Walk in Universal City, Calif. California is keeping its rules for wearing facemasks in place until the state more broadly lifts its pandemic restrictions on June 15. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

    California will stay masked for another month

    California officials say the state isn't ready to follow the federal lead and unmask, at least for another month.

How it affects me

  • A woman rides a bicycle past a house with the message 'Thank you for fighting COVID-19' hung in the window, in Vancouver, Monday, May 18, 2020. (THE CANADIAN PRESS / Darryl Dyck)

    'Cave syndrome': Why some people may choose to stay home even after COVID-19 ends

    A new term, ‘cave syndrome’, is being used to describe people who plan to remain home even after COVID-19 restrictions end, but psychologists say it’s too broad and could lead to missed diagnoses of more serious mental health issues.

  • An elderly man wears a face mask as he sits in a city park in Montreal, Sunday, October 4, 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada and around the world. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

    Dementia, Alzheimer's most common comorbidities associated with COVID-19 deaths: StatCan

    Dementia and Alzheimer's disease were the most common comorbidities associated with all of the COVID-19 deaths reported in 2020, according to a new report from Statistics Canada.

    FILE - Children wearing masks sit behind screened in cubicles as they learn in their classroom after getting their pictures taken at picture day at St. Barnabas Catholic School during the COVID-19 pandemic in Scarborough, Ont., on Tuesday, October 27, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

    Children infected with COVID-19 may not show typical symptoms, experts say

    A new study has found that the majority of children infected with COVID-19 may not show typical symptoms including fever, cough or shortness of breath.

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    COVID-19 vaccines: What would a 'one-dose summer' really look like?

    As COVID-19 vaccine shipments ramp up, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is on track for a 'one-dose summer' and 'two-dose fall.' But with a gap in immunity, many Canadians are left wondering what a ‘one-dose summer’ means for restrictions.

Your finances during the crisis

  • The Canada Revenue Agency sign outside the National Headquarters at the Connaught Building in Ottawa is seen on Monday, March 1, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

    CRA says it had 'two to three times' as many people calling with tax queries in 2021 tax season

    The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) says it has received a significantly higher volume of calls from taxpayers this tax season compared to a year ago and, as a result, wait times to access services have also increased.

  • An image of the T1 General 2010 form is seen in this file image. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

    Accountants, politicians call on Canada Revenue Agency to delay income tax deadline

    The federal government has not extended the April 30 tax deadline for 2020 returns, and accountants say that’s leaving some Canadians in a lurch.

    A person looks at a Canada Revenue Agency homepage in Montreal, Sunday, August 16, 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada and around the world. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

    Filing 2020 taxes late could lead to months of delays for COVID-19 financial aid, says CRA

    With income tax deadlines approaching, the federal government is warnings that filing late could mean delays of up to two months for anyone hoping to receive any of the various COVID-19 financial relief benefits.

    A young woman in bed while at home sick. (Andrea Piacquadio, Pexels)

    Why doctors, advocates are calling for permanent paid sick days for Canadian workers

    Worker and patient advocates in multiple provinces are calling for permanent paid sick days, arguing that the federal COVID-19 sick leave benefit has too many restrictions for lower-income, precarious and migrant workers.



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