Dr. Saqib Shahab, Saskatchewan\u0027s chief medical officer of health, projects the latest resurgence will end within the next few weeks.
Latest data from the Public Health Agency of Canada shows hospitalizations due to COVID-19 rose about 18 per cent across Canada between April 4 and April 11 — to 6,020 people needing beds from 5,109.
Dr. Saqib Shahab, Saskatchewan’s chief medical officer of health, projects the latest resurgence will end within the next few weeks. Canadians, in the meantime, have “unfinished business” when it comes to getting vaccinated, he said. “Being fully vaccinated in any age group and getting boosted protects you from hospitalization,” Shahab said.Article content
“No one in health care would support the ‘let it rip’ approach, but in terms of hospitalization capacity, we’re not seeing the same strain in our ICU capacity as we did with and we should be able to manage,” Lang said Monday. It found that throughout March cases in the unvaccinated were eight times more likely to end up in hospital and 11 times more likely to die compared with the fully vaccinated who had received a booster shot.
“The overall question is what level are we happy to accept, and that generally seems to be now based on whether or not the health-care system is overloaded — particularly ICUs and hospitals more broadly,” Tenkate said.
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