What you need to know about COVID-19 in Ottawa on Thursday, Nov. 25 – CBC
Key updates on COVID-19 in the region
Nov 25, 2021
What’s the latest?
The Public Health Agency of Canada now recommends medical or surgical masks and respirators (such as N-95 or KN-95 masks) over cloth ones. Many doctors, engineers and scientists say the shift toward is due to increased acknowledgement of aerosol transmission.
Children under the age of five could potentially be vaccinated for COVID-19 as early as the new year, according to Canada’s chief public health officer.
Western Quebec’s first children age five to 11 rolled up their sleeves to get their first COVID-19 vaccine yesterday.
The Ottawa area’s weekly COVID-19 vaccination checkup: Nov. 25
The medical officer of health for the Kingston area is making children age 12 to 17 be vaccinated to play indoor sports as it tries to turn around its COVID-19 problem. They have to have a first dose by Dec. 6 and a second by Feb. 25, 2022.
