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Sunday, 3 p.m. – Outbreak over at Surrey long-term care facility
A COVID-19 outbreak at Brookside Lodge, a long-term care facility in Surrey, is now over, Fraser Health said on Sunday.
The outbreak was first declared on Dec. 28 after two staff members tested positive for the virus.
The outbreak spread to 12 others at the facility with one resident dying from the disease.
Sunday, 2 p.m. – Novavax submits vaccine for approval as Ottawa seeks EU reassurances on exports rules
Canada’s hopes of speeding up COVID-19 vaccinations brightened slightly over the weekend as regulators began work to approve a new inoculation, even as the federal government sought to head off any restrictions on vaccine shipments from Europe.
Pharmaceutical company Novavax quietly submitted its COVID-19 vaccine to Health Canada for regulatory approval on Friday, less than two weeks after Ottawa finalized a deal with the Maryland-based company for 52 million doses of the shot.
Because of the emergency nature of the pandemic Health Canada is accepting applications for vaccines before the final trial data is ready, allowing the review team to start pouring over the documents on an ongoing basis, rather than waiting until everything is finished.
The rolling review allows for much faster approval once the final results from clinical trials are complete.
Novavax is the fifth vaccine maker to submit an application for rolling review. AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna all submitted in early October, and Johnson and Johnson followed suit at the end of November.
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