Hey! It’s time for another quick and efficient COVID-19 round-up (Back to School 2023)!
In this round-up you will find information about:
- The current situation in Canada.
- What to expect this fall
- The sub-variants experts are keeping an eye on
- Update on the new monovalent vaccines
- Recommendations for boosters
- How to protect yourself as we move into fall
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Sources
- COVID-19 epidemiology update: Summary | FR : Mise à jour sur l’épidémiologie de la COVID-19 : Résumé
- What’s going on with COVID right now?
- COVID-19 epidemiology update: Current situation | FR : Mise à jour sur l’épidémiologie de la COVID-19
- Early signs suggest fall COVID-19 wave starting in Canada — before updated boosters are available
- What’s Going On With Covid Right Now?
- Guidance on the use of COVID-19 vaccines in the fall of 2023 | FR : Directives sur l’utilisation des vaccins contre la COVID-19 à l’automne 2023
- A new variant of interest, EG.5, has entered the arena | FR : Un nouveau variant sous vigie rehausée, EG.5, est arrivé !
- COVID-19 epidemiology update: Testing and variants | FR : Mise à jour sur l’épidémiologie de la COVID-19 : Dépistage et variants
- Tracking SARS-CoV-2 variants | FR : Suivi des variants du SARS-CoV-2
- Canada monitoring new COVID variant BA.2.86 found in at least 4 countries
- US CDC says new COVID lineage could cause infections in vaccinated individuals
- Highly mutated COVID virus variant BA.2.86 showing up in multiple countries
- Eris, BA.2.86: Do I need to worry about COVID again?
- Drug and vaccine authorizations for COVID-19: Applications received | FR : Autorisations de médicament et de vaccin contre la COVID-19 : Demandes reçues
- Proposed International Nonproprietary Names: List 129 – COVID-19 (special edition)
- Moderna Files for FDA Authorization of Its Updated COVID-19 Vaccine
- Pfizer and BioNTech Submit Applications to U.S. FDA for Omicron XBB.1.5-Adapted Monovalent COVID-19 Vaccine
- New COVID vaccine and booster shots for this fall to be available by end of September
- Guidance on an additional COVID-19 booster dose in the spring of 2023 for individuals at high risk of severe illness due to COVID-19 | FR : Directives sur une dose de rappel supplémentaire du vaccin contre la COVID-19 au printemps 2023 pour les personnes présentant un risque élevé de maladie sévère due à la COVID-19
- Want a COVID-19 booster? Experts say most Canadians should wait for updated shots
- School-Based Mandatory Masking Policies and Absenteeism in Ottawa, Canada, in 2022
- Canada ‘likely at the start’ of new COVID-19 wave. How big will it get?
