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    Vaccination and pregnancy: COVID-19

    Pregnancy increases the risk of severe illness from COVID-19. The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) recommends you get a complete series with an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine if you're pregnant or breastfeeding. Getting the COVID-19 vaccine can prevent serious illness, hospitalization...
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    Vaccination and pregnancy: Before pregnancy

    Before becoming pregnant, talk to your health care provider or local public health authority to make sure your vaccines are up to date. Some vaccines are generally not recommended during pregnancy. Live vaccines such as MMR (mumps, measles and rubella) and chicken pox (varicella) should be given...
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    Recommendation on the use of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in adolescents 12 to 17 years of age

    The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are mRNA vaccines that were initially authorized by Health Canada for use in individuals 16 and 18 years of age and older, respectively, in December 2020. On May 5, 2021, Health Canada expanded the Interim Order authorization for the...
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    Vaccination and pregnancy: After pregnancy

    If you missed certain vaccines before or during pregnancy, you should get them after your baby is born. This will lower the chance that you'll get a vaccine-preventable disease and spread it to your baby. This is especially important while your baby is too young to receive certain vaccines.
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    Adjusting public health measures in the context of COVID-19 vaccination

    As COVID-19 continues to circulate in Canada and more people are getting vaccinated, different public health measures (PHMs) may be required, based on the level of transmission and other key indicators outlined below. This interim guidance provides considerations for adjusting PHMs in the context...
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    COVID-19 for heath professionals: Post COVID-19 condition

    The World Health Organization (WHO) refers to symptoms lasting for weeks or months after a COVID-19 infection as post COVID-19 condition. Some studies have reported later symptoms in patients with a severe COVID-19 infection. For example, those who were hospitalized or needed intensive care...
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    Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Guidance documents

    We have developed a guidance for managing COVID-19. This guidance is for: health professionals who manage clinical care, and infection prevention and control within health care facilities, health professionals who develop public health advice, policies and programs, and a broad range of sectors,...
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    CCDR: Volume 47-4, April 2021: COVID-19: A Year Later

    The Canada Communicable Disease Report is a bilingual, open-access, peer-reviewed journal on the prevention and control of emerging and persistent infectious diseases
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    COVID-19: Main modes of transmission

    SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, spreads from an infected person to others through respiratory droplets and aerosols when an infected person breathes, coughs, sneezes, sings, shouts, or talks. The droplets vary in size, from large droplets that fall to the ground rapidly (within...
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    COVID-19 guidance for schools Kindergarten to Grade 12

    The following guidance is directed to administrators of schools from kindergarten to grade 12 (K-12) and local public health authorities (PHAs) in jurisdictions where these schools exist. The guidance is not prescriptive in nature, rather, it supports administrators and PHA's to consider...
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